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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Shield-backed Katydids (Tettigoniinae) » Tessellana » Brown-spotted Bush-cricket (Tessellana tessellata)
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grasshopper? - Tessellana tessellata - female
Copyright © 2008 Phil Huntley-Franck

grasshopper? - Tessellana tessellata - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 15, 2008
Size: 3/4 inch +/-
Except for the antenna and ovipositor, I'd say it's a grasshopper. The longer, wispy antenna and ovipositor make me think it's a katydid. Confused, I seek guidance.
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 26 November, 2008 - 10:16pm
Last updated 1 December, 2008 - 3:07pm

That certainly looks correct to me.
It looks like you've got a very long-winged version of the species. My understanding is that wing length varies a lot in this one.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 December, 2008 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

brown-spotted bush cricket
Aka tessellated shieldback, Tessellana tessellata. It's a European species that was somehow introduced to California.
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… James Miskelly, 27 November, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
and a male of the species, too
Thanks James.

My subsequent submission to this female is what I'm hoping to be a male of the species.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 27 November, 2008 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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