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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » Spotted Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata) » Aposematic form (Schistocerca lineata Aposematic form)
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Could you kindly identify the katydid and grasshopper species? - Schistocerca lineata - male
Copyright © 2019 Andrew Kahl

Could you kindly identify the katydid and grasshopper species? - Schistocerca lineata - Male
Gillespie County, Texas, USA
July 10, 2019
Hidden in a dense foliage, the katydid suddenly attacked the grasshopper by biting at its head-thorax connection.
It happened about 15:45 noon in the full sun (temp. ~90F). The grasshopper remained entirely motionless throughout.
I could witness only the first few minuted of the encounter.

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Could you kindly identify the katydid and grasshopper species? - Schistocerca lineata - male Could you kindly identify the katydid and grasshopper species? - Neobarrettia spinosa Could you kindly identify the katydid and grasshopper species? - Neobarrettia spinosa
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Contributed by Andrew Kahl on 12 July, 2019 - 10:40am
Last updated 26 July, 2019 - 5:49pm

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… Graham Montgomery, 26 July, 2019 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

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… Andrew Kahl, 23 July, 2019 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Why is this moved back to ID Request?
The IDs of both orthops have been given and they were moved to their respective places in the guide.
… Tyler Hedlund, 24 July, 2019 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

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… Andrew Kahl, 23 July, 2019 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

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Great series! This is the 'aposematic form' of Schistocerca lineata, but clearly their chemical defenses didn't stop the Neobarretia. I've moved this image to the hopper page and the second two images to the katydid page

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… metrioptera, 14 July, 2019 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

 
1.Neobarrettia spinosa, 2.Schistocerca lineata aposematic form
Thanks for the comment.
I have a few more shots of that series, which I may submit if you wish me to do so.

Andrew
… Andrew Kahl, 14 July, 2019 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

Schistocerca sp.
… Tyler Hedlund, 12 July, 2019 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Schistocerca sp.
Many thanks again!

Andrew
… Andrew Kahl, 12 July, 2019 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

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