Orthoptera (Hoppers, Roaches, Katydids, Mantids, Walking Sticks)
of Orange County, California

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Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu)
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, 
University of California, Irvine, CA
92697
and Ron Hemberger  

Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)  

Arphia ramona

California Rose-Winged Grasshopper, Dissosteira pictipennis

Grasshopper, Melanoplus sp.

Grasshopper,
Melanoplus cinereus cyanipes

Gray Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca nitens

Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone

Pallid-winged Grasshopper, Trimerotropis pallidipennis
     
American Roaches (Blattidae) Crickets (Gryllidae) Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae)

Oriental cockroach,
Blatta orientalis

American cockroach,
Periplaneta americana

Field Cricket, Gryllus sp.

Jerusalem Cricket,
Stenopelmatus sp.
 
Grouse and pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrigidae)      

Pygmy Grasshopper,
Paratettix (cuculatus?)

Pygmy Grasshopper,
Paratettix sp.
     
Katydids (Tettigoniidae)  

Fork-tailed Bush Katydid,
Scudderia furcata

Broad-winged Katydid, Microcentrum rhombifolium

Shield-back Katydid,
Neduba morsei

Conehead Katydid, Neoconocephalus robustus
 
Mantids (Mantidae)  

Minor Ground Mantid,
Litaneutria minor

California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, male

California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female

California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female
 
Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) and Ron Hemberger. Contact for originals.
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