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Nymph - cricket or katydid? - Scudderia furcata
Copyright © 2008 Phil Huntley-Franck

Nymph - cricket or katydid? - Scudderia furcata
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 25, 2008
Size: approx 3/4 inch
While taking my daily 2 hour stroll around the yard with camera, I came across this pretty little thing sunning itself on some Himalayan blackberries. I'm certain it's a nymph, but unsure if it's a cricket or katydid.

Any help in exacting a specific ID would be greatly appreciated.

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Nymph - cricket or katydid? - Scudderia furcata Nymph - cricket or katydid? - Scudderia furcata
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 25 August, 2008 - 6:22pm
Last updated 11 September, 2008 - 4:10pm

Thank you both for your ID.
Thank you both for your ID.

Eric - from the ominous tone, it sounds like this is a problematic bug, in spite of how attractive it is.

Hannah - Tomorrow's stroll will be dedicated to you. Today's walk was intercepted by several wild turkeys parading around with their new kids . . . which was then intercepted by the arrival of this year's first California Spreadwing damselflies.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 26 August, 2008 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm pretty sure Eric doesn't subscribe to posts
so I'll hazard a guess on his behalf. His tone is probably more to do with the fact that we have a LOT of images of these nymphs only identifiable to species. Knowing there's only one species in your area is thus a relief, just from the ID point of view. Not particularly damaging

Still envying your strolls...
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 August, 2008 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Katydid nymph
genus Scudderia. See guide.

I envy you your two-hour stroll!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 25 August, 2008 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
S. furcata.
Only Scudderia in Oregon is S. furcata. Thank God!:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 August, 2008 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

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