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.


TettigonioideaKatydids
CONOCEPHALINAEMEADOW KATYDIDS
     Conocephalus fasciatus    Slender Meadow Katydid
     Orchelimum agile     Agile Meadow Katydid
     Orchelimum minor    Lesser Pine Katydid
COPIPHORINAECONEHEADED KATYDIDS
     Bucrates malivolans    Cattail Conehead
     Neoconocephalus retusus    Round-tipped Conehead
     Neoconocephalus triops    Broad-tipped Conehead
     Pyrgocorypha uncinata    Hook-faced Conehead
PHANEROPTERINAEFALSE 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
PSEUDOPHYLLINAETRUE KATYDIDS
     Pterophylla camellifolia    Common True Katydid
TETTIGONIINAEPREDACEOUS KATYDIDS
     Atlanticus dorsalis    Grey Shieldback
     Atlanticus gibbosus    Robust Shieldback
     Hubbellia marginifera    Pine Katydid