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Katydid/Bush-cricket

Tettigoniidae (family)

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Field Notes

Habitat:

this katydid found near a cornfield, may be Coneheads & Meadow Katydid subfamilia Conocephalinae

Notes:

The family Tettigoniidae, known in American English as katydids and in British English as bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are more closely related to crickets than to grasshoppers

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Tettigoniidae

Species ID Suggestions

Katydid

Tettigoniidae

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Comments (4)
CindakuKuala
Observación... Sexo: macho probable: Coryphoda albidicollis
sttweets
It's a Katydid (or bush-cricket) going after the antenna. Grasshoppers have short and thick antenna. See mine for comparison: - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6617536 (grasshopper) - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6647020 (bush-cricket)
NicoleB
Cool shot! I love those long antennas :)

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PublishedJuly 26, 2011

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