Fork-tailed bush katydid

Scudderia furcata

Eats: Plants Grasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The fork-tailed bush katydid is a green, leaf-like katydid from North America. It has very long feelers and long legs for jumping. It is a cousin of grasshoppers and crickets.

Lives in

North America, in bushes, gardens and orchards

Top speed

about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)

On foot, estimate

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not sting and only nibbles plants.

What does it eat?

It eats plants. The young ones sometimes nibble on oranges and other citrus fruits.

Photo of Fork-tailed bush katydid — Picture by Rhododendrites. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

Fork-tailed bush katydid about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)

A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)

A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)

cool stuff

Fun facts

The young katydids take just one bite from each fruit and then move on to the next one.

So only a few of them can leave marks on lots of oranges.

The bites usually heal and leave only a small spot. The inside of the fruit stays fine.

you asked

Most asked questions about Fork-tailed bush katydid

?What does the fork-tailed bush katydid eat?

Plants. The young ones sometimes bite citrus fruits.

?Is the fork-tailed bush katydid harmful?

Not to people. It can leave small marks on citrus fruit, but the inside is fine.

For bug experts

Scientific name: Scudderia furcata
Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Family: Tettigoniidae
Classification: Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
Lives on: North America

Where the facts come from

Scudderia furcata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
Picture by Rhododendrites. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.

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