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Katydids

order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids) - suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera) - family Tettigoniidae

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Large katydid in Honey Mesquite shrub and Sudan grass

 

subfamily Listroscelidinae (Tettigoniinae) (Spiny Predatory Katydids)

Greater Arid-land Katydid (Red-eyed Devil) Neobarrettia spinosa

Photo taken in Taylor County, June 2004

(Native of Texas)

 

 

     

Katydid on Tasajillo cactus

 

subfamily Phaneropterinae (False Katydids)

Common Short-winged Katydid Dichopetala brevihastata

Photo taken in Taylor County, June 2004

(Native of Texas)

Variations

A       

Katydid on Yellow Ground Cherry

Photo taken in Taylor County, June 2005

 

B    

Katydid on Buffalo-Bur

Photo taken in Taylor County, June 2004

 

 

  

Katydid in Broomweed

 

subfamily Phaneropterinae (False Katydids)

Texas Bush Katydid Scudderia texensis

Photo taken in Taylor County, October 2004

(Native of Texas)

Possible Nymph

  

Nymph on Small Palafoxia

 

subfamily Phaneropterinae (False Katydids)

Scudder's Bush Katydid Scudderia sp.

Photo taken in Taylor County, August 2005

(Native of Texas)

 

 

     

Katydid on Bermuda tuft

 

subfamily Phaneropterinae (False Katydids)

? Common Name **zo 8** Scientific Name

Thread-legged Katydids Arethaea sp.

Photo taken in Taylor County, May 2005

(Native of Texas)

 

 

  

Nymph on Cattail

 

subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)

probably   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid Conocephalus strictus

Photo taken in Taylor County, May 2008

(Native of Texas)

 

 

     

Nymph on Babywhite Aster

 

? subfamily

? Common Name **zo 9** Scientific Name

Photo taken in Taylor County, April 2005

(Native of Texas)

 

 

     

Nymph on Arkansas Lazy Daisy

 

? subfamily

? Common Name **zo 10** Scientific Name

Photo taken in Taylor County, May 2006

(Native of Texas)

 

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