Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States

This small to medium species is brown above and yellow below. Antennae are thread-like and whitish. White stripes extending back from the head along the upper surface of the pronotum are constricted near the middle of the pronotum. Forewings vary in length but usually are about the length of the abdomen and are marked with brown speckles centrally. Hind femora bear a dark triangular spot centrally on the upper surface. the junction of the hind femora and tibiae is black. Hind tibiae are orange or red. Males are 11-28 mm long, females 15-28 mm.