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Scudder’s bush katydids

(Scudderia spp.)

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Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy

Overview

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Scudderia is a genus of broad-winged katydids. They occur throughout North America from southern Canada to southern Mexico. There are at least 21 species worldwide, 8 species in North America north of Mexico, and 5 species in Minnesota. They are found in deciduous forests, woodlands, and shrublands. Nymphs feed mostly on flowers. Adults feed on the leaves of a variety of plants, especially deciduous woody plants.


	Description
	Adult Scudder’s bush katydids have very long legs and narrow straight wings. On nymphs, the antennae have black and white bands, and there is a small pointed projection between the antennae bases.


	Distribution
			Sources 24, 27, 29, 30, 82.
	7/18/2022


	Taxonomy
	Order	Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
	Suborder	Ensifera (katydids, crickets, and allies)
	Infraorder	Tettigoniidea (katydids, wētā, and allies)
	Superfamily	Tettigonioidea
	Family	Tettigoniidae (katydids)
	Subfamily	Phaneropterinae (leaf katydids)
	Tribe	Scudderiini

	Subordinate Taxa
	broad-winged bush katydid (Scudderia pistillata) curve-tailed bush katydid (Scudderia curvicauda) fork-tailed bush katydid (Scudderia furcata) Mexican bush katydid (Scudderia mexicana) northern bush katydid (Scudderia septentrionalis) southeastern bush katydid (Scudderia cuneata) Texas bush katydid (Scudderia texensis) Treetop bush katydid (Scudderia fasciata)

	Synonyms


	Common Names
	bush katydid Scudder’s bush katydid


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	Babette Kis

	Scudderia sp. - bush katydids



	Mike Poeppe



	I found these after the rain today just west of Houston.



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	Scudder's Bush Katydid (Tettigoniidae: Scudderia) Camouflaged Nymph Carl Barrentine

	About Published on Jul 6, 2009 Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (05 July 2009). "The mind is an Enchanting thing / like the glaze on a katydid-wing / subdivided by sun / till the nettings are legion." --Marianne Moore



	Scudder's Bush Katydid (Tettigoniidae: Scudderia) on Window Pane Carl Barrentine

	About Published on Aug 12, 2010 Photographed at the Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (11 August 2010).



	Scudderia species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) DiegoDCvids

	About Published on Aug 14, 2014 Gafanhoto-folha, Gafanhoto verde, katydids or bush crickets, long-horned grasshoppers, Scudderia species (Orthoptera → Tettigoniidae → Phaneropterinae) DiegoDCvids: Playlist: Orthoptera: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJc7NDSasXA9bA-FMEZnMuomLrzrWDxkF original videos filmings, 3D modelings, arts animations created and directed by Diego da Cruz Pereira © DiegoDCvids

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Babette Kis 7/17/2021	Location: Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI



Babette Kis 6/10/2021	Location: Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI



Mike Poeppe 7/17/2022	Location: Houston, MN



Mike Poeppe 7/7/2021	Location: west of Houston, MN I found these after the rain today just west of Houston.



Alfredo Colon 8/9/2019	Location: Woodbury, MN



Luciearl 8/6/2019	Location: Cass County



Alfredo Colon 8/4/2019	Location: Woodbury, MN



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