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Spike-headed false leaf katydid

Aegimia elongata

Photo by auntnance123
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Field Notes

Description:

approx. 2 1/4 inches long

Habitat:

spotted on awning near porch light

Reference Links:

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute-Aegimia elongata

Species ID Suggestions

Spike-headed false-leaf katydid

Aegimia elongata

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (5)
Ava T-B
The Marcel Marceau of missions!
auntnance123
Sometimes common names are just common sense. Thanks for the ID. @Ava: I'll look at that mission--I imagined the animals should be "miming" in the spottings.
Ava T-B
This could go in the Mimetic Animals mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8015991
bayucca
Tettigonidae, Phaneroptinae, Aegimia elongata. http://panamasilvestre.blogspot.com/2011/05/aegimia-elongata-tettigonidae.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/2448278362/in/set-72157607550776936

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Mission
Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor
Photographed
PublishedDecember 31, 2011

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