Images from Singing Insects of North America. 063poAj, Scudderia furcata female preparing to insert egg into leaf
Description:
Scudderia furcata female preparing to deposit her eggs within the paper-thin leaves of Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana). Once the female has located a suitable spot on the edge of a leaf, she curls her abdomen forward and prepares with her mouthparts the place where the ovipositor will be inserted.
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- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
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- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
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- Neoptera
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- Orthopterida
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers and relatives)
- Ensifera
- Tettigonioidea
- Tettigoniidae (katydids)
- Scudderia (Scudder's bush katydids)
- Scudderia furcata (Fork-tailed Bush Katydid)
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