8 Unidentified katydid at Bungonia, NSW
Identification history
| Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata | 21 Dec 2024 | RogerF | ||
| Tettigoniidae (family) | 18 Dec 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Chlorodectes sp. (genus) | 4 Dec 2024 | RogerF | ||
| Phaneropterinae (subfamily) | 4 Dec 2024 | KorinneM |
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User's notes
Matthew Connors has indicated on the Orthopteroids group that it's not Ephippitytha maculata, Ephippitytha froggatti, and Caedicia simplex which were iNat's suggestions. Comment was: It’s none of those - best I can do for now is Phaneropterinae! It may or may not be described.
5 comments
RogerF
wrote:
4 Dec 2024
The white margin to the pronotum suggests this is a shield backed katydid in the sub-family Tettigoniinae (not Phaneropterinae), possibly Chlorodectes sp. Its a male Vth instar nymph and is brachypterous. I think C. baldersoni is recorded from Bungonia. It's an opportunistic omnivore
AlisonMilton
wrote:
5 Dec 2024
@RogerF My sighting Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Mottled Katydid) would also be the same species. Alison
AlisonMilton
wrote:
21 Dec 2024
@RogerF Hi Roger, This is very confusing as this looks like the same species as sighting Phaneropterinae (subfamily) (Leaf Katydid, Bush Katydid) for which you gave a different classification.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.008211-34.810550
- Altitude 580.0m
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council Bungonia State Conservation Area
- Places Bungonia, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Nov 2024 03:45 PM Recorded on
- KorinneM Recorded by
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Collections
KorinneM Featured Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tettigoniidae (family) Katydids (Tettigoniidae) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Tettigoniidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified katydid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1171.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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