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Chestnut short-wing katydid

Obolopteryx castanea

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

A colorful katydid found in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. This is a female, which is actually wingless and has instead lacy, scale-like projections behind the pronotum. This adult has a well-formed ovipositor.

Habitat:

Spotted on flowering vegetation at a forest edge.

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