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As usual=2C Nancy=2C your pics are great.=20
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As I understand it=2C all Scudderia species look similar. Only two Scudderi=
a species occur in NS=2C the curve-tailed & broad-winged (bush katydids). T=
hey can be identified by the shape of their process which is that strange l=
ooking end to the abdomen.=20
=20
For the expert just looking at the creature=2C they will immediately recogn=
ize it as a nymph i.e. various features do not look adult. However for us l=
esser mortals=2C the wings are the key. The dorsal view shows the wings par=
tly grown. In the adult the wings will normally extend well beyond the abdo=
men. Based on this your nymph is about 2nd instar (don't know if these have=
5 or 6 instars).
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That exhausts my knowledge of these creatures!!
Angus =20
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> Date: Fri=2C 16 Aug 2013 20:44:10 -0300
> Subject: [NatureNS] katydid nymph vs adult
> From: nancypdowd@gmail.com
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> I put these two images of a Katydid on BugGuide for ID. It came back
> as a female Scudderia spp nymph (other details in caption):
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9526737248/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9526735582/
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> Anyone know what distinguishes this as a nymph rather than an adult?
>=20
> Nancy
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 =3B<BR>
As =3BI understand it=2C all Scudderia species look similar. Only two S=
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 =3B<BR>
For the expert just looking at the creature=2C they will immediately recogn=
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esser mortals=2C the wings are the key. =3BThe dorsal view shows the wi=
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he abdomen. Based on this your nymph is about 2nd instar (don't know =
=3Bif these have 5 or 6 instars).<BR>
 =3B<BR>
That exhausts my knowledge of these creatures!!<BR>
Angus =3B =3B<BR> =3B<BR>
<DIV>>=3B Date: Fri=2C 16 Aug 2013 20:44:10 -0300<BR>>=3B Subject: [Nat=
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=3B To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B I put these two images=
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