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Rhinoceros katydid/Female

Copiphora rhinoceros

Description:

Large beautiful yellow long Horn Katydid subfamily Conocephalinae, tribe Copiphorini, Genus Copiphora

Habitat:

Gallery Forest. 900 Meters-3000 feet above sea level, next to Tanaca National Park, a Pasture , and in a Garden with Endemic trees, plants and flowers of Costa Rica.

Notes:

We have very strong winds and I am sure the wind bow her here...because I have never seen it before....

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bayucca
bayucca 5 years ago
Rhinoceros Katydid
Copiphora rhinoceros Copiphora rhinoceros - Wikipedia


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Thank you so much bayucca for the ID. I am always amazed at how all the Butterflies/Moths and Insects that come to my Garden are in perfect shape never any damage at all. So very lucky.

bayucca
bayucca 5 years ago

Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Copiphorini, Copiphora rhinoceros, the female. Nice one!
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common...
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Alfaro, Provincia Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Dec 26, 2018
Submitted on Jan 5, 2019

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