Scudder’s bush katydids
(Scudderia spp.)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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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. |
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Description |
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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. |
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Taxonomy |
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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 |
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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) |
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Common Names |
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bush katydid Scudder’s bush katydid |
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Found this on the inside screen door on the way outside. |
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Scudderia sp. - bush katydids |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Scudder's Bush Katydid (Tettigoniidae: Scudderia) on Window Pane Carl Barrentine |
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Published on Aug 12, 2010 Photographed at the Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (11 August 2010). |
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| Scudderia species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) DiegoDCvids |
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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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| Luciearl 8/7/2023 |
Location: Lake Shore Found this on the inside screen door on the way outside. |
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| Babette Kis 7/17/2021 |
Location: Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI |
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| Babette Kis 6/10/2021 |
Location: Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI |
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| Mike Poeppe 7/17/2022 |
Location: Houston, MN |
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| Mike Poeppe 7/7/2021 |
Location: west of Houston, MN I found these after the rain today just west of Houston. |
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| Alfredo Colon 8/9/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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| Luciearl 8/6/2019 |
Location: Cass County |
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| Alfredo Colon 8/4/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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