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Katydids
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
Many species are nocturnal in habit, having strident mating calls and may exhibit mimicry or camouflage, commonly with shapes and colours similar to leaves.
20 branches of this family, most-observed first
Leaf Katydids
subfamilyPhaneropterinae
Shieldback Katydids
subfamilyTettigoniinae
Coneheads and Meadow Katydids
subfamilyConocephalinae
True Katydids
subfamilyPseudophyllinae
Quiet-calling Katydids
subfamilyMeconematinae
Armoured Ground-crickets
subfamilyBradyporinae
Long-legged Katydids
subfamilyMecopodinae
Neotropical Leaf Katydids
subfamilyPterochrozinae
Spiny Predatory Katydids
subfamilyListroscelidinae
Fierce Predatory Katydids
subfamilyHexacentrinae
Predatory Katydids
subfamilySaginae
Corncrickets
subfamilyHetrodinae
Nedubinae
subfamilyNedubinae
Pollen- and Nectar-feeding Katydids
subfamilyZaprochilinae
Lipotactinae
subfamilyLipotactinae
Sluggish Katydids
subfamilyAustrosaginae
Giant Katydids
subfamilyPhyllophorinae
Balloon-winged Katydids
subfamilyTympanophorinae
Stick Katydids
subfamilyPhasmodinae
Microkatydids
subfamilyMicrotettigoniinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48124.