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Lucinda Treadwell/Singing Insects of North America
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Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) face of female.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Scudderia furcata female preparing to deposit her eggs within the paper-thin leaves of Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana). Once the female has located a suitable spot on the edge of a leaf, she curls her abdomen forward and prepares with her mouthparts the place where the ovipositor will be inserted.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Scudderia furcata female inserting her ovipositor into Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) leaf. To do this, she positions the tip of her ovipositor at the prepared edge and starts working the ovipositor blades so that the ovipositor enters the leaf between the epidermal layers.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Scudderia furcata female with ovipositor fully inserted into leaf of Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana).
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Scudderia furcata withdrawing ovipositor from Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) leaf after inserting egg.
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Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
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Scudderia furcata female after inserting egg into leaf of Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana). The position of the egg is indicated by a slight, discolored bulge in the leaf surface.
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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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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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Lucinda Treadwell/Singing Insects of North America
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Black-winged Shieldback (Zacycloptera atripennis) male specimen.
