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Category: Tettigoniidae

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

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

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

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