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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Raspy Crickets (Gryllacrididae) » Camptonotus » Carolina Leaf-roller Cricket (Camptonotus carolinensis)
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Help Needed - Camptonotus carolinensis - female
Copyright © 2009 Donna Tipton

Help Needed - Camptonotus carolinensis - Female
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
September 9, 2009
An insect like this one stung a co-worker requiring ER treatment. (We found this one already dead.) Any assistance in identification would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Donna Tipton on 9 September, 2009 - 9:24am
Last updated 5 March, 2012 - 2:26pm

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… Eric R. Eaton, 10 September, 2009 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

Not a stinger!
This is NOT the insect responsible for your co-worker's experience (and I do wish them well). The "stinger" is an egg-laying organ called an "ovipositor," in this case one belonging to the female of a katydid-like insect called the "Carolina leaf-roller." They are completely harmless to people, pets, other organisms in general. It is a unique and seldom-seen creature, though. More information is here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 September, 2009 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your help. I'll pass this on and let him know the mystery continues. He had a severe reaction to a sting and felt certain this little lady was a look-a-like.
Thanks again!
… Donna Tipton, 9 September, 2009 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

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