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A guide to the Roaches & Termites (Order Blattodea), Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Order Orthoptera), Mantises (Order Mantodea), and Stick Insects (Order Phasmida) of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

This guide includes the roaches, termites, grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, mantises and stick insects of Austin and Travis County, TX.

Lesser Anglewing 1
Microcentrum retinerve
Pallid-winged Grasshopper 2
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Gray Bird Grasshopper 3
Schistocerca nitens
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid 4
Scudderia furcata
Differential Grasshopper 5
Melanoplus differentialis
Obscure Bird Grasshopper 6
Schistocerca obscura
Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper 7
Leptysma marginicollis
American Bird Grasshopper 8
Schistocerca americana
Greater Anglewing 9
Microcentrum rhombifolium
Wrinkled Grasshopper 10
Hippiscus ocelote
Fall Field Cricket 11
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
Carolina Grasshopper 12
Dissosteira carolina
Green-striped Grasshopper 13
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper 14
Melanoplus plebejus
Restless Bush Cricket 15
Hapithus agitator
Slender Meadow Katydid 16
Conocephalus fasciatus
Admirable Grasshopper 5
Syrbula admirabilis
Snowy Tree Cricket 17
Oecanthus fultoni
Two-striped Mermiria 14
Mermiria bivittata
Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid 18
Conocephalus strictus
Short-winged Green Grasshopper 14
Dichromorpha viridis
Davis' Tree Cricket 19
Oecanthus exclamationis
Greater Arid-land Katydid 20
Neobarrettia spinosa
Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper 14
Paratettix mexicanus
Aztec Pygmy Grasshopper 21
Paratettix aztecus
Ridgeback Grasshopper 22
Spharagemon cristatum
Lichen Grasshopper 13
Trimerotropis saxatilis
Spotted Bird Grasshopper 14
Schistocerca lineata
Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper 14
Melanoplus ponderosus
Three-banded Grasshopper 14
Hadrotettix trifasciatus
Aztec Grasshopper 23
Lactista azteca
Aztec Spur-throated Grasshopper 24
Aidemona azteca
Central Texas Leaf-Katydid 25
Paracyrtophyllus robustus
Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper 16
Tettigidea lateralis
Brown Winter Grasshopper 26
Amblytropidia mysteca
Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper 14
Arphia simplex
Prairie Boopie 14
Boopedon gracile
Showy Grasshopper 27
Hesperotettix speciosus
Hippopedon capito 14
Dallas Short-wing Grasshopper 24
Melanoplus flabellatus
Glaucus-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper 14
Melanoplus glaucipes
Texas Mermiria 28
Mermiria texana
Pard Grasshopper
Metator pardalinus
Modest Katydid 17
Montezumina modesta
Broad-tipped Conehead 29
Neoconocephalus triops
Northern Mole Cricket 25
Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Larger Pygmy Mole Grasshopper 30
Neotridactylus apicialis
Two-spotted Tree Cricket 31
Neoxabea bipunctata
Prairie Tree Cricket 27
Oecanthus argentinus
Western Tree Cricket 32
Oecanthus californicus
Narrow-winged Tree Cricket 33
Oecanthus niveus
Four-spotted Tree Cricket 27
Oecanthus quadripunctatus
Long-spurred Meadow Katydid 34
Orchelimum silvaticum
Mischievous Bird Grasshopper 16
Schistocerca damnifica
Montezuma's Grasshopper 35
Syrbula montezuma
Red-shanked Grasshopper 36
Xanthippus corallipes
Western Round-winged Katydid 37
Amblycorypha parvipennis
Hill Country Thread-leg Katydid 38
Arethaea ambulator
Collared Ground Cricket
Neonemobius mormonius
Different-horned tree cricket 39
Oecanthus varicornis
Elegant Bush Katydid
Insara elegans
Oecanthus californicus pictipennis 25
Texas Trilling Cricket 26
Gryllus texensis
Anurogryllus arboreus 40
Western Trilling Cricket 27
Gryllus integer
Columbian Trig 41
Cyrtoxipha columbiana
Fast-calling tree cricket 26
Oecanthus celerinictus
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper 42
Romalea microptera
Southern Mole Cricket 17
Neoscapteriscus borellii
Texas Tree Cricket 43
Oecanthus texensis
Southwestern Dusky Grasshopper 26
Nebulatettix subgracilis
Belfrage's Cricket 41
Trigonidomimus belfragei

Edited by Curtis Eckerman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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