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Bush-katydid - Scudderia furcata - female

Bush-katydid - Scudderia furcata - Female
Tisbury, Dukes County, Martha's Vineyard County, Massachusetts, USA
October 7, 2013
Size: about 1-3/8 inches
I'd love some ID help with this small female Scudderia. Habitat was a clearing in open oak/pitch pine woods on sandy moraine. I'm leaning toward Fork-tailed, S. furcata but find this genus incredibly difficult. Is the ovipositor coloration a meaningful characteristic?

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Moved from Bush Katydids.

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