Orthoptera (Hoppers, Roaches, Katydids, Mantids, Walking Sticks)
of Orange County, California
(Click on images or names to open)
Yellow background, exotic to California and/or North America.
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
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| Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) |
Painted meadow grasshopper, Chimarocephala pacifica |
Slant-faced Grasshopper,
Chloealtis gracilis |
Cream grasshopper,
Cibolacris parviceps |
California Rose-Winged Grasshopper, Dissosteira pictipennis |
Sierran White-whiskered Grasshopper, Eupnigodes sierranus |
Banded-winged Grasshopper, Lactista gibbosus |
Blue-winged Grasshopper,
Leprus intermedius
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Spur-throated Grasshopper, Melanoplus yarrowii |
Spur-throated Grasshopper, Melanoplus cinereus cyanipes |
Devastating Grasshopper, Melanoplus devastator |
Slant-faced Grasshopper,
Psoloessa texana |
Gray Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca nitens |
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Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone |
Pallid-winged Grasshopper, Trimerotropis pallidipennis |
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| American Roaches (Blattidae) |
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Oriental cockroach,
Blatta orientalis
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American cockroach,
Periplaneta americana |
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| Crickets (Gryllidae) |
Aboreal Camel Cricket, Gammarotettix sp. |
Tropical House Cricket,
Gryllodes supplicans |
Field Cricket,
Gryllus sp. |
Snowy Tree Cricket,
Oecanthus fultoni |
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Walking Sticks
(Diapheromera) |
Walking Sticks
(Heteronemiidae) |
Scaly Crickets
(Mogoplistidae) |
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Gray Walking Stick,
Pseudosermyle straminea |
Indian Stick Insect,
Carausius morosus |
Western Shorthorned Walkingstick, Parabacillus hesperus |
Scaly Cricket,
Hoplosphyrum boreale |
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| Camel Crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) |
Lubber Grasshoppers
(Romaleidae) |
Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae) |
Grouse and pygmy grasshoppers
(Tetrigidae) |
Camel Cricket,
Pristoceuthophilus sp. |
Dragon Lubber Grasshopper, Dracotettix monstrosus |
Jerusalem Cricket,
Stenopelmatus sp. |
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Pygmy Grasshopper,
Paratettix mexicanus |
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| Katydids (Tettigoniidae) |
California Katydid,
Idiostatus aequalis |
(Nymph) Broad-winged Katydid, Microcentrum californicum |
Broad-winged Katydid, Microcentrum rhombifolium |
Shield-back Katydid,
Neduba morsei |
Conehead Katydid, Neoconocephalus robustus |
Mediterranean Katydid, Phaneroptera nana |
False Katydid,
Platylyra californica |
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid,
Scudderia furcata |
Mexican Bush Katydid,
Scudderia mexicana |
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| Mantids (Mantidae) |
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Minor Ground Mantid,
Litaneutria minor |
California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, male |
California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female |
California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female |
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