Skip to main content
Close

Gum-leaf Katydid

Torbia viridissima

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

-37.8929, 145.313

Field Notes

Description:

This 50 mm long katydid had beautiful bluish-green fore wings with red inner margins and a venation resembling a gum-leaf. This legs had tinges of red resembling leaf stalks. Eyes were small and looked red in the night light.

Habitat:

Spotted under bright lights opposite a national park.

Notes:

This katydid looked a little different in colour to the one in my earlier spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18063145
I am unsure if the colour difference is to do with gender - need to research further.

Family: Tettigoniidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Thanks Stephen. I haven't been able to get this close, in the past.
Photographed
PublishedApril 4, 2014

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Image
Butterflies icon

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon