Subject: What’s That Katydid?
Location: Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California
May 7, 2016
While working in the garden we spotted this immature Katydid eating the leaves of a Primrose, and we were uncertain of its identity. We believe it is a Bush Katydid in the genus Scudderia, possibly a Mexican Bush Katydid which is pictured on the Natural History of Orange County website. Since it lacks an ovipositor, this Scudderia nymph is definitely a male, and it looks very similar to this BugGuide image.
