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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) » Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata)
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Fork-tailed Bush Katydid - Scudderia furcata - male
Copyright © 2011 Bryan E. Reynolds

Fork-tailed Bush Katydid - Scudderia furcata - Male
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
August 15, 2000
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Contributed by Bryan E. Reynolds on 8 November, 2011 - 10:11pm
Last updated 18 December, 2011 - 1:49pm

Moved
Moved from Scudder's Bush Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 December, 2011 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 November, 2011 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Scudderia male
I'd say S. furcata is most likely (that's what he looks most like to me), but I'm not sure if I can tell for sure (the supra-anal plate is totally hidden under the wings, and that's the way to tell). The other most likely option is S. texensis, but he seems "off" for that species.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 November, 2011 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, Dave, I just looked an
Sorry, Dave, I just looked and I don't have any other shots of this individual.
… Bryan E. Reynolds, 9 November, 2011 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

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