Katydid

Sathrophyllia sp.

Description:

Size approx: 4 inches and equally long tentacles.

Habitat:

Near gardens.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca 11 years ago

Bush Cricket or Katydid

Sathrophyllia sp.

5 Comments

Wild Things 11 years ago

Thanks a lot Bayucca!

ForestDragon 11 years ago

It looks right to me! Thanks for the info. These are so interesting! I should just stick to scientific names, haha. I forget about the differences in common names sometimes.

bayucca 11 years ago

You are both right! Bush Cricket are actually katydids in British english and since India was a former British colony your "someone" refers to this term. But there are also so called "True Bush Crickets" from the family Grillidae as well. Yours is definitely a Katydid (US) or Bush Cricket (GB) or Tettigoniidae. The missing legs are not really missing, but covered by the body.
It might be a Sathrophyllia sp.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TXalmx0DFSY/Ti...
http://www.insect-fans.com/bbs/forum.php...
Note the little crest with darker spines on top.
Please, verify!! I am not 100% sure about the genus.

Wild Things 11 years ago

Thanks Tamar. Someone told me it was bush cricket so I uploaded it as bush cricket. It was in this way when I saw it. No idea about the hind legs. I will try searching on the Catydid. Thanks for the help.

ForestDragon 11 years ago

Hi Satyen, this is an interesting insect! I don't think it's a cricket, though. The wing shape seems not to match any crickets I know of. I am not sure what it is at this time. I am leaning towards Katydid perhaps but I'm not sure. Was it missing both of its hind legs?