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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) » Eastern Shieldbacks (Atlanticus) » American Shieldback (Atlanticus americanus)
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Katydid - Atlanticus americanus - female
Copyright © 2009 Jon M. Yuschock

Katydid - Atlanticus americanus - Female
Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 21, 2008
Found this image among some old files. Only shot I have of this type of cricket. At least, I think it's a cricket.
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Contributed by Jon M. Yuschock on 5 March, 2009 - 1:18pm
Last updated 31 January, 2013 - 11:11am

Moved
Moved from Eastern Shieldbacks.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 December, 2010 - 2:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Shield-backed Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 October, 2009 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Um...katydid:-)
Easy to get them confused. This is a female shield-backed katydid in the genus Atlanticus. Nice shot.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 March, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thaanks, Eric. Thought about a katydid but was far from sure.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 5 March, 2009 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

 
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what a cool bug!
… Matt Edmonds, 5 March, 2009 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

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