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Shield-back Katydid? - Atlanticus
Copyright © 2006 Bill Johnson

Shield-back Katydid? - Atlanticus
Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland, USA
June 17, 2006
Is this a Shield-back Katydid species? If so, any species ID on it?
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 8 July, 2006 - 5:20pm
Last updated 10 July, 2007 - 7:52am

Moved
Moved from Shield-backed Katydids.
… Ethan Kistler, 10 July, 2007 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
to subfamily page
… Chuck Entz, 9 August, 2006 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

Yes, Looks Like An Adult Female Shieldback...
...and I suspect it's one of the eastern or Atlanticus genus species--there's a page of images of these here on bugguide you might want to look at. Also try looking through the Atlanticus species pages at the Singing Insects site--there are range maps provided to help you quickly weed out what's not likely in your area down to a short list of 'suspects'. Just from the colouring on the thorax of your subject, I'm wondering whether the protean shieldback (Atlanticus testaceus) mightn't be a match myself. Unfortunately, there's no photo of a female on that species page, but there are recordings of the male's songs...maybe they'll sound familiar...:)

link to protean shieldback species page:
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/288a.htm
… Heimchen, 9 July, 2006 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

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