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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) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Meadow Katydids (Conocephalini) » Greater Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum) » Common Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum vulgare)

Species Orchelimum vulgare - Common Meadow Katydid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Green Grasshopper - Orchelimum vulgare - male Grasshopper ID - Orchelimum vulgare - female Common Meadow Katydid? - Orchelimum vulgare - female Orchelimum vulgare - male insect with red eyes and absurdly long antenna - Orchelimum vulgare Orchelimum vulgare - female Orchelimum vulgare - male Katydid - Orchelimum vulgare - male
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 Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)
Tribe Conocephalini (Meadow Katydids)
Genus Orchelimum (Greater Meadow Katydids)
Species vulgare (Common Meadow Katydid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orchelimum vulgare Harris, 1841
Size
Circa 26 mm
Identification
Rather small for an Orchelimum. Has a rather plain green face, not mottled like most others of its genus. Eyes red. Typically (?) long-winged. Has two black lines on "dorsal shield". See Internet references for details on keying by cerci of male.
Range
Eastern and central North America, absent from most of southeastern coastal plain and Florida.
Habitat
Meadows, marshes, and upland fields. Usually in drier habitats than the similar O. gladiator.
Season
Mid-summer to fall (typically July-frost). Late July-October (Michigan).
Remarks
Often noted in the literature as a very common species, but at least in the northeastern states it seems to be mostly restricted to high quality native meadow and prairie-like settings.
Print References
Bland, p. 158 (1)
Salsbury, p. 72--photo (2)
Brimley, p. 20--does not give season (3)
Helfer, p. 265, fig. 408 (4)
Capinera, pp. 178-179, fig. 60--ill. cercus, plate 39, illustration here as well (5)
Internet References
SINA
Animal Diversity Web
Forestry Images
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera of Michigan
Roger Bland. 2003. Michigan State University Extension.
2.Insects in Kansas
Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White. 2000. Kansas Dept. of Agriculture.
3.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
4.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
5.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 18 December, 2004 - 8:48am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, metrioptera
Last updated 10 November, 2023 - 1:11am

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