Black-horned Cricket (male) chirping - approx. 1.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2007
Black-horned Cricket (male) - approx. 1.5 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2008
Fall? Field Cricket - approx. 2 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Genus: Gryllus
Species: Pennsylvanicus?
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Updated February 4 2009
Fall? Field Cricket (female) - approx. 2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - September 2007
Carolina Locust - approx. 4.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Genus: Dissosteira
Species: Carolina
Narrow yellow border seen on hindwing when flying - also
known as Black-winged Grasshopper
known as Black-winged Grasshopper
Carolina Locust - approx. 4.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2007
Red-legged Grasshopper - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Genus: Melanoplus
Species: Femurrubrum
Red-legged Grasshopper with Tall Ironweed - approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - August 2007
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Genus: Melanoplus
Species: Bivittatus
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Updated August 30 2010
Two-striped (Yellow-striped) Grasshopper - approx. 3 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2010
Gladiator Katydid - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Genus: Orchelimum
Species: Gladiator
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Updated January 17 2010
Gladiator Katydid - approx. 2.5 cm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - August 2007
? - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Genus:
Species:
? on Virginia Creeper - approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2007
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Fork-tailed Bush Katydid - approx. 5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Genus: Scudderia
Species: Furcata
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid - approx. 5 cm - Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek) - August 2008
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Gladiator Katydid nymph - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Genus: Orchelimum
Species: Gladiator
Gladiator Katydid nymph - approx. 2.5 cm - High Park - July 2009
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Updated January 17 2010
Fall Field Cricket - approx. 2 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Genus: Gryllus
Species: Pennsylvanicus
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Updated February 4 2009
Fall Field Cricket (female) - approx. 2 cm - Toronto Islands - September 2011
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Audio - September & October - updated Nov 2010
Black-horned Cricket (male) - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Genus: Oecanthus
Species: Nigricornis
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Updated October 2 2011
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Black-horned Cricket (male) chirping - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Genus: Oecanthus
Species: Nigricornis
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Updated October 2 2011
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Black-horned Cricket (female) - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Genus: Oecanthus
Species: Nigricornis
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Updated October 2 2011
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Black-horned Cricket (female) on Queen Anne's Lace - approx. 1.5 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2011
Audio - updated October 2 2011
Red-legged Grasshopper (nymph) - approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2007
Red-legged Grasshopper (nymph) - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Genus: Melanoplus
Species: Femurrubrum
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
More Melanoplus Nymphs
Updated September 3 2010
Red-legged Grasshopper (nymph) - approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - August 2007
Red-legged Grasshopper (nymph) - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Genus: Melanoplus
Species: Femurrubrum
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Carolina Locust nymph - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Carolina Locust nymph - approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2007
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Similar to Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper nymph
(Arphia xanthoptera)
(Arphia xanthoptera)
Genus: Dissosteira
Species: Carolina
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Genus: Metrioptera
Species: Roeselii
Roesel's Katydid (male - long-winged form) - approx. 3 cm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - July 2008
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Introduced from Europe
Family: Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Family: Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Family: Tettigoniidae (Katydids)