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Northern Mole Cricket--detail of head, prothorax - Neocurtilla hexadactyla

Northern Mole Cricket--detail of head, prothorax - Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Snowhill Road, north of Cabin Branch Creek, Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 8, 2006
Size: 38 mm
This shows the rather hooded effect where the prothorax overlaps the head. Genus Scapteriscus apparently lacks this:

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Northern Mole Cricket - Neocurtilla hexadactyla - female Northern Mole Cricket--detail of foreleg - Neocurtilla hexadactyla Northern Mole Cricket--detail of head, prothorax - Neocurtilla hexadactyla