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Species Scudderia curvicauda - Curve-tailed Bush Katydid

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Phaneropterinae (Phaneropterine Katydids)
Genus Scudderia (Bush Katydids)
Species curvicauda (Curve-tailed Bush Katydid)
Identification
Outer lobes of male supra-anal plate form a shallow V, and turn away from each other; from above, it resembles a whale's fluke (1)
Range
Eastern U.S.
Habitat
Weedy fields, thickets, forest edges, and meadows.
See Also
Broad-winged Bush Katydid
Internet References
Song and other info at Songs of Insects

Singing Insects of North America
Works Cited
1.Guide to Night-Singing Insects of the Northeast
Michael DiGiorgio & John Himmelman. 2009. Stackpole Books.
Contributed by Corey Husic on 22 July, 2011 - 4:53pm
Additional contributions by metrioptera
Last updated 24 December, 2014 - 3:51pm

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