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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Western Bush Katydids (Insara) » Creosote Bush Katydid (Insara covilleae)

Species Insara covilleae - Creosote Bush Katydid

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
strange bug - Insara covilleae Creostoe Bush Katydid (Insara covilleae) - Insara covilleae - female Creostoe Bush Katydid (Insara covilleae) - Insara covilleae - female At my patio light - Insara covilleae - female Insara covilleae - Creosote Bush Katydid? - Insara covilleae - female Tettigoniidae--Shield-back Katydid - Insara covilleae - female Tettigoniidae--Shield-back Katydid - Insara covilleae - female Male - Insara covilleae
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Phaneropterinae (False Katydids)
Genus Insara (Western Bush Katydids)
Species covilleae (Creosote Bush Katydid)
Size
Length 28-30 mm
Identification
Pronotum is "saddle-shaped" (1). Green or dark green with prominent white markings on tegmen (forewing).
Range
Southern Nevada, deserts of southern California, across southern Arizona to southwestern corner of New Mexico.
Habitat
Deserts, etc. Occurs on creosote, Larrea tridentata.
Food
Feeds on creosote, Larrea tridentata.
Print References
Helfer, p. 276, fig. 428 (1)
Capinera, p. 166--description (2)
Internet References
SINA
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
By Jacques R. Helfer
2.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 27 September, 2005 - 9:31am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 9 October, 2006 - 10:53pm

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