Mexican bush katydid (Scudderia mexicana)

Scudderia mexicana
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Tribe:	Scudderiini
Genus:	Scudderia
Scientific name
Scudderia mexicana (Saussure, 1861)
Geography
Native countries:
Mexico United States
Traits
Diet:	Shrubs, Forbs, Tree leaves, Fruit
Sound
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The Mexican bush katydid (Scudderia mexicana) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Phaneropterinae (bush katydids).

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceScudderia mexicana

Habitat

Arbicole, Herbicole

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Strong flier

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 6 specimens collected
• Ken-ichi Ueda — 3 specimens collected
• Elizabeth Ellwood — 2 specimens collected

• Rachel Whitt — 1 specimen collected
• Zackary Graham — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 17 specimens identified
• Holger Braun — 11 specimens identified
• Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 5 specimens identified

• Rachel Whitt — 1 specimen identified
• Ken-ichi Ueda — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsBugGuideCalPhotosCatalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)