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redunderbelly Shelton, WA Oct 21, 2008

found in my backyard, looks like a grasshopper has a red underbelly and 2 barbs on his rear,no wings. what is it?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 21, 2008

This is a long-horned grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the subfamily Tettigoniinae, belonging to a group known as shield-backed katydids or shield-backed crickets. This one bears a resemblance to those in the genus Neduba - see http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/140pm1.htm

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