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restless bush cricket

Hapithus agitator

distribution map for SPECIES NAME link to map summaries
Dots show county records; shaded area shows likely general distribution.
Computer-generated distribution map, produced in 2004 from records in a database available on this site.

(Note: Monroe County, Florida, includes the southwest portion of the tip of mainland Florida and the upper and lower keys. These three parts of that county are mapped separately in the "dot maps" but not in the computer-generated distribution maps, which are strictly at the county level.)


In most southern localities, males sing and keep their forewings intact. Alexander & Otte were first to note this and mapped known localities for calling songs and for damaged forewings (1967, Fig. 18).

The Taylor County, Texas, record is from a T.J. Walker specimen in the FSCA collection.

The Boston, Massachusetts record is from Brandon Woo; he collected a male and female in a small city park in October 2017.

Summary of Species' Distribution

Hapithus agitator's range extends across the Southeast region of the United States and reaches eastward into the Southwest and northward into the Midwest and Northeast regions.

List of States and County Records

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Regions Map of United States Regions

map of geographic regions and provinces

Southwest Region

Oklahoma: 2 county records.
Comanche, Craig.

Texas: 17 county records.
Anderson, Austin, Bexar, Brazoria, Calhoun, Cameron, Colorado, Dallas, Ellis, Fayette, Galveston, Grimes, Kerr, Montague, Orange, Trinity, Victoria.

Midwest Region

Illinois: 21 county records.
Alexander, Clay, Coles, Edgar, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Jersey, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Montgomery, Pope, Pulaski, Scott, Shelby, Union, Vermilion, Washington, White.

Indiana: 16 county records.
Brown, Crawford, Fountain, Gibson, Greene, Jefferson, Knox, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Parke, Posey, Putnam, Shelby, Tippecanoe, Vigo.

Iowa: 1 county record.
Lee.

Kansas: 4 county records.
Cherokee, Doniphan, Douglas, Neosho.

Missouri: 3 county records.
Perry, Pulaski, St Charles.

Ohio: 14 county records.
Adams, Athens, Brown, Clermont, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Lawrence, Pickaway, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Warren, Washington.

Southeast Region

Alabama: 15 county records.
Baldwin, Butler, Cherokee, Cleburne, Conecuh, Dallas, De Kalb, Escambia, Lauderdale, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Shelby.

Arkansas: 7 county records.
Clark, Conway, Ouachita, Prairie, Scott, St Francis, Washington.

District of Columbia: 1 record.

Florida: 37 county records.
Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Dade, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gilchrist, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Jackson, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Manatee, Martin, Monroe, Nassau, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St Johns, St Lucie, Suwannee, Union, Volusia, Washington.

Georgia: 6 county records.
Bibb, Bulloch, Chatham, Dougherty, Glynn, Gwinnett.

Kentucky: 5 county records.
Bourbon, Caldwell, Mc Cracken, Mc Lean, Mercer.

Louisiana: 11 county records.
Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Lafayette, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, St John the Baptist, St Landry, Terrebonne, Washington.

Mississippi: 9 county records.
Forrest, Harrison, Hinds, Lincoln, Oktibbeha, Rankin, Sharkey, Warren, Washington.

North Carolina: 5 county records.
Columbus, Durham, Hoke, New Hanover, Wake.

South Carolina: 4 county records.
Charleston, Florence, Hampton, Oconee.

Tennessee: 7 county records.
Dyer, Fentress, Giles, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Obion.

Virginia: 7 county records.
Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Nelson, Norfolk City, Orange, Spotsylvania, Suffolk City.

West Virginia: 4 county records.
Jefferson, Morgan, Wayne, Wetzel.

Northeast Region

Delaware: 3 county records.
Sussex, Kent, New Castle.

Maryland: 3 county records.
Frederick, Washington, Worcester.

Massachusetts: 1 county record.
Suffolk.

New Jersey: 2 county records.
Atlantic, Burlington.

New York: 2 county records.
Queens, Richmond.

Pennsylvania: 2 county records.
Bucks, Philadelphia.

Last update: 30 January 2024