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Katydid

Photo by Latimeria
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Forest

Notes:

If you look closely at the fore tibia, you can see the katydid's tympanal organ.

Species ID Suggestions

Bush katydid (male)

Scudderia sp.

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BugEric
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Comments (5)
BugEric
Species ID is achievable only with a close-up of the subgenital plate of the male (hidden by wings over abdomen in this nice image)....Yes, "ear" is hole in front leg. Sound made by stridulatory file and scraper seen easily in this image (look at his "shoulders").
auntnance123
I'lllook at it again--there was a bigger emphasis on grasshoppers in what I was reading about tympanal organs. Thanks (tympanal: great Scrabble word).
Latimeria
As I understand it, katydids produce sound from organs behind their front wings.
auntnance123
Am I understanding this--they hear and produce sound in the same area?

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PublishedAugust 7, 2011

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