floridensis
janson jones
Atlanticus gibbosus, 11 May 2020
Atlanticus gibbosus, the Robust shieldback;
Volusia county, Florida (11 May 2020).
I come across the Robust shieldback, a squat species of katydid, every now and then in Volusia county. I suppose I’ve walked past many more I never even noticed. They’re moderately small (at least compared to other katydids) and not brightly colored. They seem to content to scratch out a more discrete living. In a sense, they’re sort of the crickets of the katydids.
floridensis 