Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
Details...
 
Photos from the last gathering (Minnesota 2007)

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Phaneroptera » Mediterranean Katydid (Phaneroptera nana)
Photo#38577
Mediterranean Katydid? - Phaneroptera nana - female
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Mediterranean Katydid? - Phaneroptera nana - Female
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
December 2, 2005
Size: 1 inch
On Sugarbush (Rhus ovata) in my front yard. It's somehow lost the hind pair of legs.

This looks like those pictured on this page of the Singing Insects of North America site- which says the species is established in my area. It reports an association with Plumbago auriculata, and the location here is less than 30 feet from a huge plant in my backyard.

Images of this individual: tag all
Mediterranean Katydid? - Phaneroptera nana - female Mediterranean Katydid? - Phaneroptera nana - female Mediterranean Katydid? - Phaneroptera nana - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 3 December, 2005 - 6:39pm
Last updated 15 January, 2007 - 9:59pm

Yes!
Wow! Great job on the identification, Chuck. I have to agree based on the process of elimination, plus the dorsal stripe. Congratulations on adding a new critter to Bugguide:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 December, 2005 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
For the confirmation
… Chuck Entz, 5 December, 2005 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2008 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact