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Steirodon sp.
Huge Katydid on the clear plastic roof struggling to stay up and to fly, when I rescued it, it held me with sharp legs and scared me so much I jumped.
Sorry that I didn't respond for such a long time. The mission is "Orthoptera in the Northeastern U.S.".
Thank you bayucca, your pictures of the nymph are so beautiful, I hope to see one some day. Thank you for the Links.
Hi Geonerd, You sure can, just let me know what Mission.
That's a very nice spotting. May I use the picture as the picture for a mission that I'm creating?
Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae, Steirodontini, Steirodon sp. or the subgenus Peucestes, so Steirodon (Peucestes) sp.. I cannot tell you the exact species. Steirodon alfaroi is found in your area, here is my nymph of it:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/808...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikhof...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikhof...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikhof...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikhof...
Another one:
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common...
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcampis/86...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpi...
http://www.notre-planete.info/photos/pho...
Similar one, but most probably ID not correct, it is another genus, I IDed it before, but cannot remember the name:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/643...
Good job, Siggi!
It seems to be a Crested Katydid of the genus Steirodon. If you want to spend some time determining what species, you can check out this page, http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common...
Click on the species names to go to pages with images of specimens. Keep in mind that the green color fades in the preserved specimens.
Spotted on May 23, 2014
Submitted on May 24, 2014
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