Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Pack Forest
Washington State
July 10-12, 2009
Details...

Photos from the 2009 gathering
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Greater Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum) » Orchelimum minor
Photo#166481
Some Katydid - Orchelimum minor - female
Copyright © 2007 John R. Maxwell

Some Katydid - Orchelimum minor - Female
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 2, 2007
I'm not sure what subfamily this belongs in. I wonder if it might be a lesser pine katydid
Orchelimum minor Bruner 1891, only because I live in the NJ pine barrens.
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=2535
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/256a.htm
I think that the ovipositor seemed to match pretty well.
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/g248a.htm

Other specimens from my yard
http://bugguide.net/node/view/166022
http://bugguide.net/node/view/166479

Images in the guide that may match
Females
http://bugguide.net/node/view/39554
http://bugguide.net/node/view/28392
Males
http://bugguide.net/node/view/32491
http://bugguide.net/node/view/29459

Images of this individual: tag all
Some Katydid - Orchelimum minor - female Some Katydid - Orchelimum minor - female Some Katydid - Orchelimum minor - female Some Katydid - Orchelimum minor - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 23 January, 2008 - 2:45pm
Last updated 24 January, 2008 - 11:13pm

Orchelimum minor
I think you're conclusion is a good one. The ovipositor does match well, and of course the habitat is right. Another clue will be size: if your katydid is an O. minor it will be small for an Orchelimum, a couple centimeters at most (not including the ovipositor).
… Jeffrey Cole, 24 January, 2008 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

 
I got a response
from T. Walker and he says they are very similar. Knowing exact size is very helpful and finding it in a pine would also help. Here is part of what he said "If a small specimen is collected from a pine tree, it is very likely to be O. minor." Small being 22 to 27 mm.
… Lynette Schimming, 31 January, 2008 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact