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Ovate Shieldback (Aglaothorax ovata)
Photo#247917
Copyright © 2009
Joyce Gross
orthopteran from southern CA -
Aglaothorax ovata
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Short Canyon, Kern County, California, USA
March 27, 2008
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Contributed by
Joyce Gross
on 5 January, 2009 - 1:19am
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 9:42pm
female nymph of subspecies longicauda
Moved from
Shield-backed Katydids
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David J. Ferguson
, 11 October, 2009 - 9:42pm
Katydid nymph.
This is an amazing katydid nymph of some kind, maybe in the genus Neduba, or something related in the Tettigoniinae subfamily. Awesome camouflage!
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Eric R. Eaton
, 5 January, 2009 - 11:16am
thanks Eric
I thought it was probably a katydid but its bright colors confused me ... along with my general frustrations with orthopterans (or lack of time spent looking at them). :(
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Joyce Gross
, 6 January, 2009 - 2:01am
You're welcome:-)
Hey, literally EVERYbody is confused by the Tettigoniinae. There are several known, but undescribed, GENERA in California alone, so this specimen could easily be among those.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 14 January, 2009 - 3:13pm