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Subfamily Tettigoniinae - Shield-backed Katydids

 
 
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Acrodectes · Ovate Shieldback · Anabrus · Apote · Ateloplus

Genus Acrodectes
Alpine Shieldback Katydid (Mt. Whitney sighting) - Acrodectes philopagus - female Alpine Shieldback Katydid (Mt. Whitney sighting) - Acrodectes philopagus - female Alpine Shieldback Katydid (Mt. Whitney sighting) - Acrodectes philopagus - female Acrodectes from near Mt Dana - Acrodectes philopagus - male

Genus Aglaothorax - Ovate Shieldback
grasshopper hybrid? - Aglaothorax - female Armor Back Crickett - Aglaothorax Aglaothorax ovata ssp. armiger - Aglaothorax ovata - female Aglaothorax ovata ssp. armiger - Aglaothorax ovata - male Aglaothorax ovata - ovate shield-backed katydid - Aglaothorax Aglaothorax ovata - female tettigoniine nymph - Aglaothorax morsei - male tettigoniine - Aglaothorax morsei - male

Genus Anabrus
Katydid - Anabrus longipes - male Noisy Green Grasshopper or Cricket or ? - Anabrus simplex - male Mormon Cricket? - Anabrus simplex - female Camel Cricket - Anabrus - female Mormon Cricket - Anabrus simplex - female Cold Katydid Ventral - Anabrus - male Cricket possibly on hand - Anabrus - female Anabrus simplex - male

Genus Apote
shield-backed? - Apote robusta - male shield-backed? - Apote robusta - male

Genus Ateloplus
Katydid - Ateloplus coconino - female Shieldback Katydid - Ateloplus schwarzi - female Shield back - Ateloplus minor - female Eremopedes? - Ateloplus minor - female Unidentified Cricket - Ateloplus minor - female Unidentified Cricket - Ateloplus minor - female Male, Eremopedes? - Ateloplus minor - male Ateloplus luteus - Yellow Shieldback - Ateloplus luteus - female

 
 
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