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Scudderia mexicana, dorsal view of dorsal process of male. Fig. 3 (Plate 9) in Rehn, J.A.G. and M. Hebard. 1914. Studies in American Tettigoniidae: 1. A synopsis of the species of the genus Scudderia. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 40: 271-314.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Scudderia septentrionalis, female specimen (partially discolored while drying).
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Dorsal processes of male Scudderia occurring north of Mexico (the dorsal process is a rearward dorsal extension of the last abdominal segment). From Plate IX in Rehn J.A.G. and M. Hebard. 1914. Studies in American Tettigoniidae: 1. A synopsis of the species of the genus Scudderia. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 40: 271-314.
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Ovipositors of Scudderia occurring north of Mexico. From Plate X in Rehn J.A.G. and M. Hebard. 1914. Studies in American Tettigoniidae: 1. A synopsis of the species of the genus Scudderia. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 40: 271-314.
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Susan A. Wineriter/Singing Insects of North America
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Giant Katydid (Stilpnochlora couloniana) male.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Entrance to a retreat gnawed into the cork of a water vial by a caged Tafalisca lineatipes juvenile. During the day the cricket remained concealed within its domicile with its long antennae folded upon themselves and out of sight.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Photograph of mating pair (female, on right, is eating a spermatophore that she received and removed while mounted on the male). For more on cricket mating see Alexander RD, Otte D. 1967. The evolution of genitalia and mating behavior in crickets (Gryllidae) and other Orthoptera. Misc Publ Mus Zool, Univ Michigan, No. 133. 62 pp.
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Susan A. Wineriter/Singing Insects of North America
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Belfrage's Cricket (Trigonidomimus belfragei) female.
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Belfrage's Cricket (Trigonidomimus belfragei) has antennae inserted below the middle of the face.
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Belfrage's Cricket (Trigonidomimus belfragei) second tarsal segment is small and cylindrical (in drawing, distal end of tibia is on left).
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Belfrage's Cricket (Trigonidomimus belfragei) ovipositor is slender and straight.
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Susan A. Wineriter/Singing Insects of North America
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Narrow-beaked Katydid (Turpilia rostrata) male.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Susan A. Wineriter/Singing Insects of North America
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Japanese Burrowing Cricket (Velarifictorus micado) male.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Velarifictorus micado male. Note characteristic facial pattern, long mandibles, and white palps.
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Lucinda Treadwell/Singing Insects of North America
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Black-winged Shieldback (Zacycloptera atripennis) male specimen.