Drumming Katydid Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773)Non-native    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Orthoptera   >   Family Tettigoniidae   >   Genus Meconema   

Status:

Europe. Introduced into North America; currently Michigan & Ohio east to Atlantic coast; sw. British Columbia to w. Oregon, and likely still expanding. (BugGuide)

Where to find:

Deciduous trees and the vegetation beneath. One generation per year; overwinters as eggs laid in bark crevices. (BugGuide)

There are 17 records in the project database.

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Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/19/2022). (c) Alina Martin, all rights reserved. Photo by Alina Martin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/19/2022). (c) Alina Martin, all rights reserved. Photo by Alina Martin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Drumming Katydid in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/23/2022). (c) Alina Martin, all rights reserved. Photo by Alina Martin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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