Grasshopper, Cricket, Katydid - Orthoptera of Oregon - Nature Photography, up close, by Phil Huntley-Franck

PURPOSE:
This image gallery has been created to assist visitors with the identification of Orthoptera - grasshoppers, crickets and katydids.

As in every yard, there are a myriad different insects and bugs to be found, and I've barely scratched the surface - I seem to discover new visitors and residents every day of "Bug Season" (for me that's March through early October). As I find, photograph and identify new grasshoppers, crickets and katydids, they will be added to the gallery.

PHOTOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AND DATES:
Currently, the Orthoptera identification on this page is specific to all grasshoppers, crickets and katydids that show up in and around my yard. These Orthoptera, however, are also found in many other parts of the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, all images were taken in Northern Douglas County, Oregon.

The date each photograph was taken appears under each thumbnail image. The sex of each specimen, if known, is also indicated under each thumbnail.

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There's Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids in My Yard

suborder Caelifera - Grasshoppers
- family Acrididae - Short-horned Grasshoppers
  - subfamily Gomphocerinae - Slant-faced Grasshoppers
    - Gomphocerus Group (no taxon)
      - genus Chorthippus
        
        Chorthippus curtipennis - Marsh Meadow Grasshopper
  - subfamily Melanoplinae - Spur-throated Grasshoppers
    - tribe Melanoplini
      - genus Melanoplus
        
        Melanoplus femurrubrum - Red-legged Grasshopper
        
        Melanoplus sanguinipes - Migratory Grasshopper
  - subfamily Oedipodinae - Band-winged Grasshoppers
    - tribe Sphingonotini
      - genus Circotettix
        
        Circotettix carlinianus - Carlinian Snapper

suborder Ensifera - Long-horned Orthoptera
- family Gryllidae - True Crickets
  - subfamily Oecanthinae - Tree Crickets
    - genus Oecanthus - Common Tree Crickets
      - rileyi group
        
        Oecanthus fultoni - Snowy Tree Cricket
      - varicornis group (no taxon)
        
        Oecanthus californicus - Western Tree Cricket
- family Rhaphidophoridae - Camel Crickets
- family Tettigoniidae - Katydids
  - subfamily Phaneropterinae - False Katydids
    - genus Scudderia - Scudder's Bush Katydids
      - Scudderia furcata - Fork-tailed Bush Katydid
  - subfamily Tettigoniinae - Shield-backed Katydids
    - genus Tessellana
      - Tessellana tessellata - Brown-spotted Bush-cricket