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  

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)

Gray Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca nitens

Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone

Schistocerca sp. (nymph)

Pallid-winged Grasshopper, Trimerotropis pallidipennis
   
American Roaches (Blattidae) Crickets (Gryllidae) Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae)

Oriental cockroach,
Blatta orientalis

American cockroach,
Periplaneta americana

Aboreal Camel Cricket, Gammarotettix sp.

Field Cricket, Gryllus sp.

Jerusalem Cricket,
Stenopelmatus sp.
Grouse and pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrigidae)      

Pygmy Grasshopper,
Paratettix (cuculatus?)

Pygmy Grasshopper,
Paratettix sp.
     
Katydids (Tettigoniidae)  

Fork-tailed Bush Katydid,
Scudderia furcata

Broad-winged Katydid, Microcentrum rhombifolium

Shield-back Katydid,
Neduba morsei

Conehead Katydid, Neoconocephalus robustus
 
Mantids (Mantidae)  

Minor Ground Mantid,
Litaneutria minor

California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, male

California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female

California Mantid,
Stagmomantis californica, female
 
Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) and Ron Hemberger. Contact for originals.
Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California