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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) » Eastern Shieldbacks (Atlanticus) » Least Shieldback (Atlanticus monticola)
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Katydid? - Atlanticus monticola - male
Copyright © 2006 Steve-o

Katydid? - Atlanticus monticola - Male
DuPage? County, Illinois, USA
July 29, 2006
Is this a katydid? Most of the ones Ive seen are very green, not mottled and brown? Anyone know what genus/species this may be? Found on a crushed limestone path in the middle of the woods midday in 103 degree heat.
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Contributed by Steve-o on 31 July, 2006 - 11:24am
Last updated 1 December, 2010 - 1:50am

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… David J. Ferguson, 1 December, 2010 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

sorry, moved it by mistake
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… David J. Ferguson, 1 December, 2010 - 1:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eastern Shieldbacks.
… Ethan Kistler, 26 February, 2007 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

Least Shieldback
This is a Least Shieldback (Atlanticus monticola). I was able to distinguish it from Protean Shieldback (Atlanticus testaceus) because the forewings are about a quarter the length of the pronotum. Protean Shieldbacks forewings would be about half or greater the length.
… Ethan Kistler, 26 February, 2007 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

Thank you!!!!
Thank you!!!!
… Steve-o, 1 August, 2006 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

Yes, A Male Shield-backed Katydid...
...and it looks quite a lot like this fellow here! (Same genus at least...)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/64585
… Heimchen, 31 July, 2006 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to genus page.
… Chuck Entz, 1 August, 2006 - 2:44am login or register to post comments

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