Orthoptera of North Carolina

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Ceuthophilus uhleri Scudder, 1862 - Uhler's Camel Cricket

Male

Taxonomy

Family: Rhaphidophoridae	Subfamily: Ceuthophilinae	Tribe: Ceuthophilini
Comments: One of 62 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., 2018); seven have been recorded in North Carolina

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF
Comments: A moderately small to large Camel Cricket. The color is yellowish to reddish brown, usually with a faint pattern of darker but non-strongly contrasting spots; sometimes unmarked (Hubbell, 1936)

Distribution in North Carolina


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Adult Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

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Status in North Carolina

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	Recorded by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall, Bo Sullivan, Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin, and Rob Gilson Iredell Co. Comment: Common along a bait trail running through a somewhat mesic stand of hardwoods
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Cherokee Co. Comment: Not collected; identification based on location and general appearance

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