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Subfamily Tettigoniinae - Shield-backed Katydids

Ovate Shieldback · Anabrus · Eastern Shieldbacks · Capnobotes · Decticita

Genus Algaothorax - Ovate Shieldback
orthopteran from southern CA - Algaothorax ovata - female orthopteran from southern CA - Algaothorax ovata - female

Genus Anabrus
Mormon cricket? - Anabrus longipes - male Grasshopper? Katydid? - Anabrus longipes - male Unknown Bug Grasshopper (?) - Anabrus simplex - female Anabrus 02c - Anabrus longipes - male Mormon Cricket - Anabrus simplex - female Anabrus 6.15.09 02a - Anabrus longipes - male Anabrus 6.19.09 01a - Anabrus longipes - female Grasshopper? - Anabrus simplex - female

Genus Atlanticus - Eastern Shieldbacks
Shieldback Katydid - Atlanticus Shield-backed Katydid - Atlanticus - female Eastern Shieldback - Atlanticus katydid - Atlanticus - female Illinois shieldback? - Atlanticus americanus Katydid - Atlanticus - male Cricket - Atlanticus - female unknown shield-back katydid - Atlanticus - male

Genus Capnobotes
Brown-winged Shield-back - Capnobotes fuliginosus Cricket - Capnobotes fuliginosus - female Sooty Longwinged Katydid - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male Sooty Longwing - Capnobotes fuliginosus Sooty winged katydid - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male Sooty Longwing - Capnobotes fuliginosus Large Locust - Capnobotes fuliginosus - female Desert Grasshopper (different kind) - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male

Genus Decticita
katydid? with green stripe - Decticita - female Shield-backed Katydid - Decticita brevicauda - female Shield-backed Katydid - Decticita brevicauda - female Shield-backed Katydid - Decticita brevicauda - female


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