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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) » Shield-backed Katydids (Tettigoniinae) » Idiostatus » Aberrant Shieldback (Idiostatus aberrans)
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unknown shield-backed katydid - Idiostatus aberrans - female
Copyright © 2009 Matthew Priebe

unknown shield-backed katydid - Idiostatus aberrans - Female
Portola, Plumas County, California, USA
August 30, 2009
This pretty green katydid was on a building in a small Sierra Nevada town.
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Contributed by Matthew Priebe on 1 October, 2009 - 6:00pm
Last updated 26 August, 2020 - 12:48am

Moved
Moved from Idiostatus.
… Alice Abela, 26 August, 2020 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

several species are recorded from the general area
Idiostatus aequalis seems a likely candidate, based on appearance. Other species recorded from the area include: I. hermanii, inermis, inyo, and wymorei. I. major occurs not too far to the north. Not a clue how to tell females apart, there aren't enough photos and descriptions published to make this an easy task without associated males.

Moved from Shield-backed Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 November, 2009 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Schneider, 14 October, 2009 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

tough group
I hesitate to even try on shield-backs from California, but the very straight ovipositor here is kind of unusual. I think it may be a species of Idiostatus, but I'm certainly not sure.
… James Miskelly, 3 October, 2009 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

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