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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) » Phaneropterine Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Bush Katydids (Scudderia) » Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana)
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Scuddera or Microcentrum? - Scudderia mexicana - female
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Scuddera or Microcentrum? - Scudderia mexicana - Female
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 10, 2004
Size: 3 inches (at least)
On African Blue Basil in my front yard.

Over the years I've seen what looked very clearly like Scuddera as well as what very clearly looked like Microcentrum around here. I'm not sure about this one, though.
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 26 October, 2005 - 3:44am
Last updated 22 January, 2012 - 1:26am

Moved
Moved from Scudder's Bush Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 January, 2012 - 1:26am login or register to post comments

Scudderia female.
This is a female bush katydid, probably S. furcata, as that might be the only species in your area. East of the Rockies it gets more complicated:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 October, 2005 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Two Species
According to this site it could be S. mexicana as well. They have a serious of ovipositor drawings, but the difference between mexicana and furcata is a little too subtle for me to even guess.
… Chuck Entz, 27 October, 2005 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

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