Carinate Shieldback

Neduba carinata · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

Also called: Carinated shield-back katydid

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Carinate Shieldback
Photo: lazarus, CC BY

Its pronotum is slightly longer and narrower than that of the similar N. diabloica. It may be mistaken for N. diabloica, but the pronotum shape helps tell them apart.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The pronotum is slightly longer and narrower than that of N. diabloica.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is Fremont Peak in San Benito County, California.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It looks similar to N. diabloica.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Carinate Shieldback photo 2
Photo: Konshau Duman, CC BY
Carinate Shieldback photo 3
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY
Carinate Shieldback photo 4
Photo: Konshau Duman, CC BY
Carinate Shieldback photo 5
Photo: Michele Karmartsang, CC BY

Same family (Tettigoniidae)

Great Green Bush-cricketGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaCan biteDark Bush-cricketDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraMediterranean KatydidMediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsFork-tailed Bush KatydidFork-tailed Bush KatydidScudderia furcataDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpeckled Bush-cricketSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neduba_carinata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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