Species Phaneroptera nana - Mediterranean Katydid

Four-spot Bush Cricket

Phaneroptera nana Fieber 1853

"nana" is a Latin adjective derived from Greek nanos (νανος)- "dwarf"

Nymphs of this species are very similar to nymphs of Scudderia spp., but have more and narrower black rings around the antennae than any Scudderia nymphs in the same area.

Europe; seems to have been introduced multiple times in the U.S. Initially recorded from the Bay Area of California and Hollywood. It was then found in NY as of 2007, followed by NJ as of 2012, PA as of 2015, and MA as of 2017, and seems to be slowly extending its range in the northeast. Generally restricted to areas in and around large cities.

Introduced from Europe perhaps since the 1930s.

Scudderia are similar.

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