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Large Katydid of about 5 cm, bark colored, looks like a female. From above, looking down on it, it looked like a big spider (last picture). Family Tettigoniidae.
In the garden at night, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
Spotted on Apr 14, 2013
Submitted on Apr 16, 2013
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Great photos of this impressive specimen... It appears to be a male, due to the absence of ovipositor and I also notice a small stridulatory organ at the base of the fore wings just behind the thorax.