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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Phaneropterine Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Bush Katydids (Scudderia) » Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata)
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Katydid - Scudderia furcata - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Ron M.

Katydid - Scudderia furcata - Male Female
Deville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
October 13, 2007
Is enough of the male visible to determine species?

I took these pictures a while back but hadn't posted them because I wasn't sure if they could be identified to species. Please feel free to frass if pictures don't provide enough information.

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Contributed by Ron M. on 15 May, 2008 - 11:17am
Last updated 22 January, 2012 - 2:40am

Moved
Moved from Scudder's Bush Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 January, 2012 - 2:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Katydids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 October, 2008 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

Not really.
Can't readily identify the species, but please don't frass! This is a great series showing the newly-transfered spermatophore still clinging to the abdomen of the female after mating. Very educational:-) When I saw this the first time, I thought something was horribly wrong with the female!
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 May, 2008 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe next time :(
When I took these, I didn't know enough to focus on the male genitalia. It was only after trying to determine species myself that I realized the importance.

I will leave these in Family level...
… Ron M., 16 May, 2008 - 1:51am login or register to post comments

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