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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) » Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana)
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Bush Katydid Nymph - Scudderia mexicana
Copyright © 2013 Matt Coors

Bush Katydid Nymph - Scudderia mexicana
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
March 29, 2013
Size: about 6mm
Found this little insect on some flowers in front of a local garden several days ago. Yesterday I saw one or two more of the same kind on the same bush. Am I correct that this is a katydid nymph? What species?

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Contributed by Matt Coors on 4 April, 2013 - 1:24am
Last updated 6 April, 2013 - 4:42pm

in San Diego, it would be Scudderia mexicana
S. mexicana has been treated by some authors as a subspecies of S. furcata; so, clearly they are similar and closely related. Currently, S. mexicana is usually treated as a distinct species.

Moved from Fork-tailed Bush Katydid.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 April, 2013 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for the clarification!
… Matt Coors, 7 April, 2013 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 4 April, 2013 - 4:59am login or register to post comments

Yes - Fork-tailed Bush Katydid nymph…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 4 April, 2013 - 1:42am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks!
… Matt Coors, 4 April, 2013 - 1:54am login or register to post comments

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