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Scudderia furcata
fork-tailed bush katydid (insect) The subfamily Phaneropterinae also includes the round-headed katydids and the angular-winged katydids (also called angle-wing katydids). The fork-tailed bush katydid (Scudderia furcata) has long, narrow tegmina (hardened leathery forewings) and often licks its feet to clean the adhesive pads found there.… katydid (insect) Any of numerous predominantly nocturnal insects related to crickets and grasshoppers and noted for their loud mating calls. Katydids have large hind legs and are distinguished by their extremely long, threadlike antennae and the thick, upwardly curved ovipositor (egg-laying structure) of… orthopteran (insect) Broadly, any member of one of four insect orders. Orthopteran has come to be regarded as the common name for these related groups, which exhibit considerable morphological, physiological, and paleontological diversity. Although sometimes the insects are combined into the order Orthoptera,…
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Emma thanks again for 2 more id's :)