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Coast Range Oregon #887750
Asked October 11, 2024, 2:55 PM EDT
What is this?
Lane County Oregon
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I took the picture off of Vincent Creek in the Smith River drainage.
What a beauty, Phil!
That is an adult female shield-backed katydid (Family: Tettigoniidae, subfamily: Tettigoniinae). I am not a specialist in this group of katydids, though, so I can't tell you the genus or species. I can tell it's a female because of the long egg-laying structure (ovipositor) at the end of the abdomen.
In North America, there are just over 120 named shield-backed katydid species in 25 genera.
Here is a link to a photo of one that looks quite similar to the one you found...
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1317525
Enjoy!
That is an adult female shield-backed katydid (Family: Tettigoniidae, subfamily: Tettigoniinae). I am not a specialist in this group of katydids, though, so I can't tell you the genus or species. I can tell it's a female because of the long egg-laying structure (ovipositor) at the end of the abdomen.
In North America, there are just over 120 named shield-backed katydid species in 25 genera.
Here is a link to a photo of one that looks quite similar to the one you found...
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1317525
Enjoy!
