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A Survey of the Moths, Butterflies, and Grasshoppers of Four Nature Conservancy Preserves in Southeastern North Carolina

A Survey of the Moths, Butterflies, and Grasshoppers of Four Nature Conservancy Preserves in Southeastern North Carolina



Moths, butterflies, and grasshoppers were surveyed within four longleaf pine preserves owned by the North Carolina Nature Conservancy during the growing season of 1991 and 1992. Over 7,000 specimens (either collected or seen in the field) were identified, representing 512 different species and 28 families. Forty-one of these we consider to be distinctive of the two fire-maintained communities principally under investigation, the longleaf pine savannas and flatwoods.


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Melanoplus nossi Hill (Orthoptera: Acrididae): a grasshopper species endemic to the North American Coastal Plain?

Melanoplus nossi Hill (Orthoptera: Acrididae): a grasshopper species endemic to the North American Coastal Plain?



Additional distribution records and habitat information is presented for Melanoplus nossi. Based on the information currently available, M. nossi appears to be endemic to the North American Coastal Plain where it inhabits a variety of open forest or woodland conditions.


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2017 Carolina Beach State Park Bioblitz

2017 Carolina Beach State Park Bioblitz

In the 1920s and 30s, Bentley Fulton, NC State University's renowned orthopterist, made a number of collecting trips to Carolina Beach, capturing, among other things, three crickets that would later become the type specimens for the Salt-Marsh Ground Cricket (Allonemobius sparsalsus), Beach Trig (Anaxipha litarena) and