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Greater Angle-wing Katydid, female

Microcentrum rhombifolium

Description:

This Katydid was on the wall on the side of the house at the end of last summer. I did a bit of research and was able to identify her.

4 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Angelica, it's ok. No harm done. You helped me find the right section of Katydids. It is in the same subfamily of False Katydids.

I was looking at your photo, actually, and I agree. It does look extremely similar to this one. I'm trying to find out if this species occurs in Brazil. I don't know and my resource only is for North American insects.

AngB
AngB 11 years ago

ForestDragon, I was not sure about the ID, so I posted the source of the ID I found out... I was kind of irresponsable, for it was my first suggestion on project noah (sorry :P)... In that day, something amazing happened: I saw a katydid very similar to that of yours, in my classroom. It may be the male for this Katydid, found in Brasil: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/108... . But im still have doubts about the species or if its male or female (no ovipositor, i think, but i don't know if it just doesn't appear in the photo...)

keithp2012
keithp2012 11 years ago

Cool species!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Angelica, thanks for the suggestion but I think I have the proper ID now. If you look closely, while similar, the Oblong-winged Katydid has a different shaped ovipositor and head. Thanks for looking! :)

ForestDragon
Spotted by
ForestDragon

New York, USA

Spotted on Aug 11, 2011
Submitted on May 11, 2012

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