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Common Short-wing Katydid

Obolopteryx brevihastata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 11, February 10, March 13, April 17, May 16, June 8, July 10, August 38, September 66, October 19, November 8, December 9.
United States257
Arizona131
Texas70
New Mexico55
Mexico47
Jalisco11
Queretaro de Arteaga11
Chihuahua5
Guanajuato4
Nuevo Leon4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyKatydids · Tettigoniidae
GenusObolopteryx

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