Fork-tailed Katydid Studies

David H. Headrick, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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2 pages. Copyright © 2000 Citrus Research Board.

Abstract

The fork-tailed katydid, Scudderia furcata Brunner (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) was considered a minor pest of citrus in California, but in the last few years has increasingly become a problem due to reduction in organophosphate and carbamate pesticides (Grafton-Cardwell 1999). Our objective is to study the biology and behavior of the fork-tailed katydid as a pest of commercially grown citrus in order to develop ecologically-based control methods for application in commercial citrus production.