![]() | Southern Bush Katydid Female, iso view | Southern Bush Katydid Female, Black Wing Spots | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera) | ||||
Family: | Katydid (Tettigoniidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Southern Bush Katydid (Tinzeda sororoides) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Female, Sawtoothed Ovi-positor🔎 | ||||
Thank you Matthew Connors for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo's on-line: This is the 1st record for this species in South Australia, and only the 2nd in Australia, on the ALA website (www.ala.org.au) Notice the diagnostic black spots along the top edge of the upper white wing stripe. We have now found 3 specimens (2m & 1f) in Oct, Nov & Dec. | |||||
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