Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Oblong-Winged PINK Katydid

Amblycorypha oblongifolia

Description:

These rare morphed pink katydids are in the COCKRELL BUTTERFLY CENTER in the Museum of Natural Science in Houston, Tx. I have included several links to find out more about these amazing, beautiful hoppers.

Habitat:

Butterfly house display habitat

Notes:

http://www.hmns.org/index.php?option=com... http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2009/... http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/fea... http://mudfooted.com/pink-insect-katydid...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Oblong-Winged katydid
Amblycorypha oblongifolia Amblycorypha oblongifolia


Sign in to suggest organism ID

7 Comments

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

Thanks Gerardo!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Wow wonderful spotting KatCuff !

keithp2012
keithp2012 12 years ago

Amazing find the pink ones are very rare being they are easy for predators to spot.

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

that one looks the same except for the color!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Amblycorypha oblongifolia is the only one i found with those color variations http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/781...

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

These guys are amazing to me!

KatCuff
Spotted by
KatCuff

Houston, Texas, USA

Spotted on Feb 6, 2012
Submitted on Feb 8, 2012

Related Spottings

Pink oblong-winged katydid Florida False Katydid Oblong-Winged Katydid Oblong-Winged katydid

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Doris Longwing Butterfly Spotting owl eye butterfly
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team