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Greater Arid-land Katydid
Neobarrettia spinosa
1,281 observations in the source records
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
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What the records say
- 1,281 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Lesser Arid-land KatydidNeobarrettia victoriae
Haldeman's ShieldbackPediodectes haldemanii
Neobarrettia hakippah
Chestnut Short-winged KatydidObolopteryx castanea
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Central Texas Leaf-KatydidParacyrtophyllus robustus
Neobarrettia sinaloae
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 670 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 651 |
| Mexico | 32 |
| Nuevo Leon | 27 |
| Oklahoma | 9 |
| New Mexico | 8 |
| Arizona | 2 |
| Chihuahua | 2 |
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | 1 |
| Sinaloa | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Katydids · Tettigoniidae |
| Genus | Neobarrettia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Greater Arid-land Katydid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.