Kwik-Key to Common Families of Orthoptera

Select "YES" or "NO" for your specimen:

Is the body wingless? Is the head large and spherical?
Are the abdominal segments banded with black and tan?

YES: Family Stenopelmatidae

NO: Family Tettigoniidae

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