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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Shield-backed Katydids (Tettigoniinae) » Capnobotes » Sooty Longwing (Capnobotes fuliginosus)
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Desert Grasshopper (different kind) - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male
Copyright © 2009 Michael Lloyd

Desert Grasshopper (different kind) - Capnobotes fuliginosus - Male
Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA
August 22, 2009
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Contributed by Michael Lloyd on 24 August, 2009 - 9:11pm
Last updated 12 October, 2009 - 1:22am

a male nymph
Moved from Shield-backed Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 October, 2009 - 1:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 October, 2009 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 September, 2009 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Katydid
This is shield-back katydid of some kind. Unfortunately it's a very diverse group, so I can't give you much more. The smoothly rounded pronotum (saddle behind the head) is kind of unusual. It may be a species of Pediodectes.
… James Miskelly, 30 August, 2009 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

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