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Category: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies)

Neduba steindachneri (Steindachner’s shieldback)

August 5, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I found the first of these large female (you can tell by the scimitar-like ovipositor) orthopterans on Friday night, as…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ensifera, Insecta, Neduba, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Neduba steindachneri, Steindachner’s shieldback

Pristoceuthophilus celatus

January 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I cannot be absolutely positive that this camel cricket, (family Rhaphidophoridae) which I found under a chunk of bark in…

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Posted in: Animals, Ensifera, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Plants, Pristoceuthophilus, Rhaphidophoridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Pristoceuthophilus celatus

Scudderia furcata (Fork-tailed Bush Katydid)

September 25, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Ever since I found the invasive bush katydid Phaneroptera nana I’ve been on the lookout for these native Scudderia, but until a few weeks…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Phaneropterinae, Scudderia, Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Fork-tailed Bush Katydid, Scudderia furcata

Cyphoderris monstrosa (Great Grig)

September 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I should have been expecting to find these hump-winged crickets (family Prophalangopsidae) when I set up my lights in a wet…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cyphoderris, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Prophalangopsidae, Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Cyphoderris monstrosa, Female Cyphoderris monstrosa, Great Grig

Gryllus pennsylvanicus (Fall Field Cricket)

October 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I’ve been avoiding doing any field cricket posts because there are many species and they are difficult to tell apart.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Grullidae, Gryllidae, Gryllus, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Species Profiles Filed under: Fall Field Cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus

Tropidischia xanthostoma (Square- legged Camel Cricket)

November 17, 2020 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

Last Saturday, based on a tip from social media, my friend Craig Sondergaard and I mounted an expedition to the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ensifera, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Rhaphidophoridae, Species Profiles, Tropodischia Filed under: Square-legged Camel Cricket, Tropidischia xanthostoma

Melanoplus sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper)

September 20, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is a spurthroated grasshopper (Melanoplinae), so called because of a small, but readily visible when in hand, spine between…

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Posted in: Acrididae (Grasshoppers and their kin), Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Melanoplinae, Melanoplus, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Species Profiles Filed under: Melanoplus sanguinipes, Migratory Grasshopper

Phaneroptera nana (Mediterranean Katydid)

September 11, 2020 Dan Nelson 15 Comments

These are members of the family Tettigoniidae (katydids), a family which is superficially similar to grasshoppers but have much longer…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Phaneroptera, Phaneropterinae, Plants, Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Mediterranean Katydid, Phaneroptera nana

Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper)

August 9, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is a rarity for me, an easy to identify grasshopper, due to the fact that it is the only…

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Posted in: Acrididae (Grasshoppers and their kin), Animals, Arthropoda, Dissosteira, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies) Filed under: Carolina Grasshopper, Dissosteira carolina

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