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Scudderia furcata rearing?

I know Scudderia furcata isn't a "popular" species to be reared but I have a passion of working with native species and was wondering if anyone on here has experience raising them. I know what to feed them, in my area they'll feed on elm, mulberry, sweet gum, walnut, hackberry, and honeysuckle. I have a captive male I raised from a nymph to an adult and he's been tsping/calling. Going to go to a local park later this evening and seeing if I can find him a mate. Any advice on a rearing setup or what will be good for the female to lay her eggs in? How would I go about overwintering the eggs? I currently have my male fork tailed in one of those butterfly mesh pop-ups you get with caterpillars from insect lore.
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Contributed by Leon Carrasco on 27 July, 2025 - 5:13pm

Just seeing this now
If you have any questions, please email me directly (see user profile). I wish you every success in your rearing!
… Dvori Feldman, 11 August, 2025 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Dvori Feldman did a nice article on S. furcata
You can find that here.
… Tyler Hedlund, 30 July, 2025 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Female Scudderia furcata lay
Female Scudderia furcata lay their eggs inside the margins of leaves, typically. When I kept them, I put cuttings of plants in a bottle of water to keep them fresh. Your pop-up mesh cage should be fine.
With overwintering you need to give them a period of cool temperatures for them to be able to hatch (at least if they were originally collected in a place where the winters are cold). This can be easily done by leaving the leaves where they laid their eggs inside a container, and putting the container outside in winter.
… hemiptamantis, 29 July, 2025 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

You may want to move this
to the forum entitled Rearing wild insects. Click on edit and where it indicates the Forum you have chosen, click there and choose the other.
There is already a forum topic there on raising katydids.
… john and jane balaban, 27 July, 2025 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

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