Bush Katydid - Scudderia sp.
Order Orthoptera / Family Tettigoniidae / Genus Scudderia Stål, 1873
Live adult and nymph katydids photographed at DuPage County, Ilinois.
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Bush Katydid

The katydids are mostly large, green with long antennae and large wings, emminently capable of flight. They are all phytophagous
(herbivorous). There are approximately 245 species of Tettigoniidae in North America. 

Bush Katydid Nymph
Scudderia nymph

Bush Katydid
Male Bush Katydid - 35mm head to wingtips, antennae about 30mm

katydid nymph
Scudderia nymph

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