Katydids

Katydids (Tettigoniidae) are best known for their songs, which are generally nocturnal and nonmusical, i.e., buzzy or raspy. The songs of their close relatives, the crickets, are musical. Cicadas also have nonmusical songs, but they are twilight and daytime singers.

Some of the species listed below are not verified as being in NATL but are presumed to be there based on fieldwork in similar habitats in west Gainesville.

The species on this page have been linked to the corresponding species pages of Singing Insects of North America. The songs are from the same source.

Tettigoniidae	Katydids
CONOCEPHALINAE	MEADOW KATYDIDS
Conocephalus fasciatus	Slender Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum agile	Agile Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum minor	Lesser Pine Katydid
COPIPHORINAE	CONEHEADED KATYDIDS
Bucrates malivolans	Cattail Conehead
Neoconocephalus retusus	Round-tipped Conehead
Neoconocephalus triops	Broad-tipped Conehead
Pyrgocorypha uncinata	Hook-faced Conehead
PHANEROPTERINAE	FALSE KATYDIDS
Amblycorypha arenicola	Sandhill Virtuoso Katydid
Amblycorypha floridana	Florida False Katydid
Microcentrum retinerve	Lesser Angle-wing
Microcentrum rhombifolium	Greater Angle-wing
Scudderia furcata	Fork-tailed Bush Katydid
Scudderia texensis	Texas Bush Katydid
Stilpnochlora couloniana	Giant Katydid
PSEUDOPHYLLINAE	TRUE KATYDIDS
Pterophylla camellifolia	Common True Katydid
TETTIGONIINAE	PREDACEOUS KATYDIDS
Atlanticus dorsalis	Grey Shieldback
Atlanticus gibbosus	Robust Shieldback
Hubbellia marginifera	Pine Katydid