Meadow Katydid

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:51 am

EOS 350D
EF 100mm f/2.8 Canon Macro USM
Daylight

salden · Post by **salden** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:41 pm

Beautiful hopper

. Really nice colors. And, look at that tail..I can see where it gets its name

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:22 pm

Well I'm really not sure its a hopper but it looks like one to me. Thanks Sue

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:37 pm

I'd call it a katydid, but I don't have a clue as far as actual ID goes. Pleasing shot of it, whatever it is!

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:38 pm

Could be one of these Ken: http://bugguide.net/node/view/39554/bgimage Did not expect it to be a female (must be a male hangup)

. Very nice shot

Also take a look at this. I spotted this while looking for your Katydid. I would like to see one of these. http://bugguide.net/node/view/32355/bgimage

salden · Post by **salden** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:39 pm

beetleman wrote:Could be on of these Ken: http://bugguide.net/node/view/39554/bgimage Did not expect it to be a female (must be a male hangup) . Very nice shot
Also take a look at this. I spotted this while looking for your Katydid. I would like to see one of these. http://bugguide.net/node/view/32355/bgimage

That is what you call "pretty in pink"

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:43 pm

beetleman wrote:Did not expect it to be a female (must be a male hangup) .

The "sword" is an ovipositor (tube for shoving eggs into the ground), not what your mammalian heritage might lead you to suspect.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:11 pm

Hey thanks Doug. You must either have a lot of patience or a lot of time on your hands.

I go to BugGuide sometimes but they have too many repetative images of the same insect it seems and the pages go on and on, which to me gets very tiresome and I get tired of looking for things but BugGuide is nice to have around.

So what I have here is a Meadow Katydid, I guess I will have to change the header. Hey thanks again Doug.

Wonder if that pink one is...well...you know, one of those...oh forget it.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:49 pm