Mexican Bush Katydid

Scudderia mexicana · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

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Mexican Bush Katydid
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY

The Mexican bush katydid measures about 30 to 38 mm long and has slender wings. Young katydids can be recognized by a small horn between their antennae. They feed on leaves, including those of big-leaf mahogany.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Nymphs have a horn between their antennae.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults are 30 to 38 mm long and have slender wings.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

They eat leaves, including big-leaf mahogany.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 6 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Nevada.

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

Mexican Bush Katydid photo 2
Photo: siamesepuppy, CC BY
Mexican Bush Katydid photo 3
Photo: Rachel Allingham, CC BY
Mexican Bush Katydid photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Mexican Bush Katydid photo 5
Photo: Alessandro Franchini, 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/Scudderia_mexicana

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

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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