Species Capnobotes fuliginosus - Sooty Longwing

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Cricket - Capnobotes fuliginosus - female

Sooty Long-wing (or Black-wing Shield-back) nymph - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male

Sooty winged katydid - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male

Las Vegas, NV, backyard katydid. Seen morning and evening on sides of building or in vegetation - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male

Las Vegas, NV, backyard grasshopper. Seen morning and evening on sides of building or in vegetation - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male

Sooty Longwing - Capnobotes fuliginosus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

Subfamily Tettigoniinae (Shield-backed Katydids)

Genus Capnobotes

Species fuliginosus (Sooty Longwing)

Other Common Names

Sooty-winged Katydid

Range

Southwestern U.S.

Habitat

Mostly in desert, and found in a variety of shrub species.

Food

Apparently omnivorous, and capable of feeding on a number of plant species and families. However, the species definitely shows carnivorous tendencies, and can watched hunting in shrubs at night with a flashlight. Both nymphs and adults are attracted to lights and capture and eat other insects that come to the lights.

Remarks

Care in handling is recommended. These are wonderful, basically harmless insects, but they can bite (hard!).

Print References

Capinera et al., p. 189, plate 42 (1)

Internet References

SINA

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 25 January, 2006 - 6:11pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Lynette, Ethan Kistler, David Ferguson
Last updated 7 March, 2009 - 10:59pm

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