Also known as Carolina Leaf-roller, Carolina Raspy Cricket
Carolina leafroller crickets are distinctive nocturnal insects that construct daytime shelters by notching leaf edges and stitching the folded foliage together with silk spun from their mouthparts. At night, they venture through the forest canopy to hunt aphids, scale insects, and other soft-bodied invertebrates, guided by delicate antennae that stretch several times their body length. As the sole representative of the raspy cricket family native to North America, they serve as unique woodland predators and silk weavers.
