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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) » Decticita » Short-winged Shieldback (Decticita brevicauda)
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Grasshopper - Morgan Territory - Decticita brevicauda - male
Copyright © 2010 Ameet Zaveri

Grasshopper - Morgan Territory - Decticita brevicauda - Male
Morgan Territory Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California, USA
August 22, 2010
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Contributed by Ameet Zaveri on 13 September, 2010 - 1:10am
Last updated 11 September, 2012 - 1:16am

actually Decticita brevicauda
D. balli has shorter cerci pointing more upward, and the carinae of the pronotum are strongly developed (especially in males).
… David J. Ferguson, 11 September, 2012 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ball's Little Shieldback.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 September, 2012 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Shield-backed Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 September, 2012 - 12:58am login or register to post comments

oops, was a duplicated comment here.
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… David J. Ferguson, 13 September, 2010 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

It's an adult male Shield-back Katydid,
but there are a lot of California species to choose from. When I have time to sit down and go through candidates, I can perhaps get it to species. In the mean time, I'll move it to the subfamily so it's easier to re-locate.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 September, 2010 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Decticita balli
Dave Rentz identified it on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomtruth/5024157164/
… Ameet Zaveri, 26 September, 2010 - 3:46am login or register to post comments

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