Orthoptera (Hoppers, Roaches, Katydids, Mantids, Walking Sticks)
of Orange County, California
(Click on images or names to open)
Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu)
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology,
University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
and Ron Hemberger
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| Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) |
Banded-winged Grasshopper,
Arphia ramona |
Painted meadow grasshopper, Chimarocephala pacifica |
Slant-faced Grasshopper,
Chloealtis gracilis |
California Rose-Winged Grasshopper, Dissosteira pictipennis |
Banded-winged Grasshopper, Lactista gibbosus |
Spur-throated Grasshopper, Melanoplus yarrowii |
Spur-throated Grasshopper, Melanoplus cinereus cyanipes |
Devastating Grasshopper, Melanoplus devastator |
Spur-throated Grasshopper, Melanoplus sp. (nymph) |
Slant-faced Grasshopper,
Psoloessa texana |
Gray Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca nitens |
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Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone |
Schistocerca sp. (nymph) |
Pallid-winged Grasshopper, Trimerotropis pallidipennis |
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| American Roaches (Blattidae) |
Crickets (Gryllidae) |
Oriental cockroach,
Blatta orientalis
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American cockroach,
Periplaneta americana |
Aboreal Camel Cricket, Gammarotettix sp. |
Tropical House Cricket,
Gryllodes supplicans |
Field Cricket, Gryllus sp. |
Lubber Grasshoppers
(Romaleidae) |
Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae) |
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Grouse and pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) |
Dragon Lubber Grasshopper, Dracotettix monstrosus |
Jerusalem Cricket,
Stenopelmatus sp. |
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Pygmy Grasshopper,
Paratettix (cuculatus?) |
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Pygmy Grasshopper,
Paratettix sp. |
| Katydids (Tettigoniidae) |
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California Katydid,
Idiostatus aequalis |
Broad-winged Katydid, Microcentrum rhombifolium |
Shield-back Katydid,
Neduba morsei |
Conehead Katydid, Neoconocephalus robustus |
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid,
Scudderia furcata |
| Mantids (Mantidae) |
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Minor Ground Mantid,
Litaneutria minor |
California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, male |
California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female |
California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female |
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