Female. Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant		 Fork-tailed Bush Katydid

Scudderia furcata

Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae


Back to Orthoptera index page
Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California
Back to Natural History of Orange County, California


Male. © Peter J. Bryant
Female cleaning. Ear on tibia of first leg.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant

Female. Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA. 9-21-07. © Ron Hemberger
Female. Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA. 9-21-07. © Ron Hemberger

Female. Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA. 9-21-07. © Ron Hemberger

Female. Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/12/08. Copyuright Don Pace.

Female. Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/12/08. Copyuright Don Pace.
Female. Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/12/08. Copyuright Don Pace.

Female. Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/12/08. Copyuright Don Pace.
Female. Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/12/08. Copyuright Don Pace.

Male. Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 09/04/05. © Peter J. Bryant
Male. Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 09/04/05. © Peter J. Bryant

Female cleaning antenna.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant
Female ovipositing in grass.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant

Finished ovipositing.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant
Eggs.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant

First instar. Egg tooth on top of head.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant
First instar.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant

Second instar.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant
Third instar, eating newly shed cuticle.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant

Sixth instar.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 12/83. © Peter J. Bryant