bush katydid
Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Scudder's Bush Katydids (Scudderia)
Eastern NA most common katydids.
Different from other leaf katydids in having the bases of the antennae right next to one another.
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The family Tettigoniidae (螽斯科), known in American English as katydids and in British English as bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are more closely related to crickets than to grasshoppers.
螽斯科是直翅目昆虫中的一科，目前世界上已知的有6800多种。在分类学上和蟋蟀科关系很近。
- 生活史是經過卵─若蟲─成蟲三個階段，屬於不完全變態的昆蟲。
- 這一目昆蟲幼生期叫做若蟲，因為和成蟲在外觀上差異不大。
Katydid emulating a leaf
Many tettigoniids exhibit mimicry and camouflage, commonly with shapes and colors similar to leaves.
Tettigoniids may be distinguished from grasshoppers by the length of their filamentous antennae, which may exceed their own body length, while grasshoppers' antennae are always relatively short and thickened.
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7/12 (Tue) - 8/1 (Mon)
HK
Photo:
7/13 (Wed)
7/14 (Thu)
green
insect
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http://www.hiking-hong-kong.com/hong-kong-grasshoppers.php - Bush Katydid (Elimaea sp.)
The first pic is the Nymph of the Bush Katydid.
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A Bush katydid
(Elimaea
sp) and a
Small green leaf katydid (Elimaea
punctifera)
clings on palm leaf, they are also well camouflaged when living in old or
young leaves. (O2290 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr;
O2295 @Suwit Punnadee)
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Elimaea chloris - Distribution: Hong Kong