Species Camptonotus carolinensis - Carolina Leaf-roller

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Family Gryllacrididae (Raspy Crickets)

Genus Camptonotus

Species carolinensis (Carolina Leaf-roller)

Size

12-15 mm

Identification

Small, smooth, and yellow-brown. Runs rapidly. Antennae very long, at least five times as long as body. (These do not stick out of leaf shelter.) Ovipositor is upturned and carried over back. (1)

Range

Southeastern United States.

Habitat

Deciduous forests. Shelters in rolled-up leaf (fastened with silk from glands on mouth) during the day.

Season

Late summer to fall. Nymphs in July-August, adults September(?)-October in North Carolina (2).

Food

Hunts aphids at night.

Life Cycle

Bites through leaf in order to form flap. Flap is folded over, edge is pulled down with legs, and then edges are glued together with silk from gland on mouth. Sometimes uses empty Bladdernut (Staphylea) pods in which to hide instead of leaves. (3)

Print References

Capinera et al., p. 217, plate 48 (1)

Brimley, p. 21 (2)

Helfer, pp. 306-107, fig. 485 (3)

Internet References

Singing Insects of North America

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker

2.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

3.	How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies By Jacques R. Helfer

Contributed by Cotinis on 28 August, 2005 - 9:08pm
Last updated 31 December, 2005 - 6:27pm

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