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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Greater Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum) » Black-legged Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum nigripes)

Species Orchelimum nigripes - Black-legged Meadow Katydid

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)
Genus Orchelimum (Greater Meadow Katydids)
Species nigripes (Black-legged Meadow Katydid)
Size
Circa 25-28 mm
Identification
Dark legs distinctive. Face white with mottling. Very similar to Handsome Meadow Katydid, Orchelimum pulchellum, mostly found in the southeast. Singing Insects of North America Range maps (Black-legged, Handsome) show that the ranges do overlap in the eastern Pennsylvania/central eastern seaboard area. These might have to be differentiated based on cerci in those areas.
Range
Eastern (?) and central United States. SINA shows range west of Appalachians, mostly.
Habitat
wetland habitats bordering lakes, streams, etc.
Season
Late summer-fall. Late July to mid-October (Michigan).
See Also
Orchelimum pulchellum - Handsome Meadow Katydid (and see discussion at SINA)
Print References
Bland, p. 157 (1)
Internet References
SINA account
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera of Michigan
By Roger Bland
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 September, 2004 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler
Last updated 27 October, 2009 - 4:32pm

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