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Tessellana tessellata
Brown female shield-backed katydid cricket with prominent ovipositor that curls up. Dark brown/black line above each eye. This cricket has striped wings.
How funny! I'm sure more will show up since this species is found from Cali to Washington.
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Cindy ,out of the 320,000 spottings on Noah ,we have only to sightings of this insect.One sighting happens to be mine and the other one yours!
You're welcome, Emma! I enjoy looking for species ID's :) Have fun the next time you're at the stream and don't forget your camera!
Thanks Cindy. It stayed for a long time ,so it did give me a good chance to observe it.It's antenna were quite long and it had a shield. Besides it was big in size for a cricket. Therefore I never looked in the direction of Cricket.
Cindy ,once again you have proved that you have great ID skills. I am practicing with Bug , Id and mushroom observer. I found a lot of bugs and devastating grasshoppers next to a stream. I have not photographed them yet,but was very surprised by the variety !! Almost looked like Brazil! Hope I am able to get there.
Spotted on Jul 7, 2012
Submitted on Jul 7, 2012
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