Southern Bush Katydid
Male, mouth
Ellura
Southern Bush Katydid
Male, ventral
 
                      
Southern Bush Katydid (Tinzeda sororoides)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Family: Katydid (Tettigoniidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Southern Bush Katydid (Tinzeda sororoides)
This Photo:     🔍Male, posterior🔎

Thank you Matthew Connors for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line
1st Record in SA & 2nd in Australia on Atlas
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Notice the diagnostic black spots along the top edge of the upper white wing stripe.

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-Oct-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.