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Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana)
Photo#481247
Copyright © 2010
Sonia A
Unidentified orthoptera nymph -
Scudderia mexicana
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
April 13, 2010
Size: ~2 cm (minus antennae)
Found springtime on lupine. Tree cricket?
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Contributed by
Sonia A
on 24 December, 2010 - 3:53pm
Last updated 9 December, 2011 - 12:15am
Moved
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David J. Ferguson
, 9 December, 2011 - 12:15am
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Moved
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David J. Ferguson
, 8 January, 2011 - 9:15am
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comment was duplicated and removed here
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David J. Ferguson
, 27 December, 2010 - 1:08pm
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best guess
based on appearance and location is that it is
Scudderia mexicana
. I'm not sure if
S. furcata
is in San Diego (nor how to tell them apart - some think they are one species). Also,
Insara
nymphs this small may look very similar(?), but I doubt one would turn up in San Diego (???)
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David J. Ferguson
, 27 December, 2010 - 1:06pm
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Thanks
for the suggestions!
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Sonia A
, 2 January, 2011 - 1:24pm
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Kevin Hall
, 26 December, 2010 - 11:31am
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Scudderia on Lupines
Hi Sonia, I saw your ID request, and it inspired me, and helped me, to post the photos I had taken of similar insects on lupines here in Maryland. If you are interested, the photo numbers are 481477-481478, 481486-481489, 481490, 481492, 481495. I'd love to hear if you learn anything more about your young katydids and their interactions with the lupines, so I subscribed to your post.
One morphological difference is that the ones I photographed have little red balls on their feet. I don't see that on your specimens. The coloration is also a bit different, but I have noticed by browsing through photos on bugguide that katydids can be rather variable in color.
By the way, I read elsewhere that the way you can tell these are katydids is the very long antennae.
Thanks!
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Sara Tangren
, 25 December, 2010 - 9:44pm
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katydids on lupines
Very interesting photos, Sara. We've gathered the seeds from this summer's lupines and will see if there are more katydids on them in the spring. I didn't see any on the flowers, which held up pretty well all season long. The lupines are Arroyo Lupines (lupinus succulentus), quite common in these parts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus_succulentus
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Sonia A
, 2 January, 2011 - 1:23pm
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Assuming
that these are two shots of the same individual, I took the liberty of linking them. If these are two different insects, let me know and I'll unlink the shots.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 24 December, 2010 - 4:16pm
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same individual!
Yes, it's the same fellow...or gal. Thanks!
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Sonia A
, 24 December, 2010 - 4:42pm
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