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Fork-tailed Bush Katydid
Scudderia furcata
28 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.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Northern Bush KatydidScudderia septentrionalis
Mexican Bush KatydidScudderia mexicana
Mediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nana
Southeastern Bush KatydidScudderia cuneata
Treetop Bush KatydidScudderia fasciata
Texas Bush KatydidScudderia texensis
Broad-winged Bush KatydidScudderia pistillata
Australian Common Garden KatydidCaedicia simplex
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 27,342 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 8,631 |
| North Carolina | 1,590 |
| Canada | 1,422 |
| Virginia | 1,221 |
| Massachusetts | 1,072 |
| Ohio | 1,016 |
| Georgia | 746 |
| New York | 729 |
| Illinois | 696 |
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 | Scudder's Bush Katydids · Scudderia |
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 Fork-tailed Bush Katydid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.