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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-70--431830420 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Jeannie & Rick, It is certainly a Bush-Katydid (Scudderia) (true Katydids are in the genus Pterophylla), but probably not S. f. furcata Brunner, which is the scarcest of the three species of Bush-Katydids in the province, and is principally found in south-western Nova Scotia. The commonest species is Scudderia pistillata Brunner, the so-called Broad-winged Bush-Katydid which is common and widespread throughout the province. http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/066pmfunk.jpg Scudderia curvicauda (DeGeer), the Curve-tailed Bush-Katydid, is much less abundant than S. pistillata, but is also generally distributed in the province. http://bugguide.net/images/cache/ 2LFLWLYLOLQR0HPRQHPRKHERDLSZCLSZSH4ROLXZUL7ZHHPRRH0R2L0ZTLGRCLSZLHIZHHQZ BLIZDLQZKHMZWLMZ.jpg All three species feed on vegetation and tend to favour moist or marshy environments. Cheers! Chris On 20-Aug-06, at 7:16 PM, Rick Ballard wrote: > It is a Katydid. Possibly a Fork-Tailed Katydid ( Scudderia furcata ) > http://www.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=Fork- > tailed+Katydid&pic=gallery/bugs/IMG_36154w > > From the Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and > Spiders: > Habitat: Woodlands and Forests > Range: ... to limit of deciduous trees in Canada > > > Maybe also > Eastern Curve Tailed Bush Katydid > " same size, has narrower, tapering fore wings" > > > From: "Jeannie" <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Grasshopper ID > Date sent: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:53:04 -0300 > Send reply to: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > >> Hi, >> Was wondering if anyone could ID this grasshopper for me. I >> remember as a >> kid catching lots of them,but, I do not remember seeing one this >> green. >> Thank you >> http://community.webshots.com/photo/ >> 551572305/2211549800025930195oAIvdb >> Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury >> >> Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton >> >> >> jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca >> > > > -- > Rick Ballard > Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada > http://www.ideaphore.com _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-70--431830420 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jeannie & Rick,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">It is certainly a Bush-Katydid = (<I>Scudderia</I>) (true Katydids are in the genus <I>Pterophylla</I>), = but probably not <I>S. f. furcata</I> Brunner, which is the scarcest of = the three species of Bush-Katydids in the province, and is principally = found in south-western Nova Scotia. The commonest species is = <I>Scudderia pistillata</I> Brunner, the so-called Broad-winged = Bush-Katydid which is common and widespread throughout the = province.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><I><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></I></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/066pmfunk.jpg">http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/0= 66pmfunk.jpg</A><I></I></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Scudderia curvicauda</I> (DeGeer), the = Curve-tailed Bush-Katydid, is much less abundant than <I>S. = pistillata</I>, but is also generally distributed in the = province.=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://bugguide.net/images/cache/2LFLWLYLOLQR0HPRQHPRKHERDLSZCLSZS= H4ROLXZUL7ZHHPRRH0R2L0ZTLGRCLSZLHIZHHQZBLIZDLQZKHMZWLMZ.jpg">http://buggui= de.net/images/cache/2LFLWLYLOLQR0HPRQHPRKHERDLSZCLSZSH4ROLXZUL7ZHHPRRH0R2L= 0ZTLGRCLSZLHIZHHQZBLIZDLQZKHMZWLMZ.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">All three species feed on vegetation and tend = to favour moist or marshy environments.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV= >On 20-Aug-06, at 7:16 PM, Rick Ballard wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">It is a Katydid. Possibly a Fork-Tailed Katydid ( = Scudderia furcata<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>)</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://www.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=3DFork-">http://ww= w.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=3DFork-</A></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">tailed+Katydid&pic=3Dgallery/bugs/IMG_36154w</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=46rom = the Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and = Spiders:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Habitat: Woodlands and = Forests<SPAN class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Range: ... to limit of deciduous = trees in Canada</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></D