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Katydid

Tettigoniidae

Description:

Bright Green With leaf shaped wings. Amazing Mouth has numerous parts resembling a second insect with arms to gather in food.

Habitat:

Forest

Notes:

Sitting out side doing a little studying and this katydid comes flying over. Took a few pictures, as it sat there. It was mostly motionless for quite awhile so I got some nice photos and was gathering up my things to leave: katydid walked over to my wallet and started chowing down on it! Got some awesome closeup video examining the mouth movement. So fascinating! I wish there was a way to share vide on here. The back of the mouth looked like a separate ant-shaped insect and the bottom of the mouth had four little arm-like Feeler parts apparently being used to shovel things into itโ€™s mouth. Enjoyed watching a long time. Donโ€™t know what was so tasty about the wallet though...

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2 Comments

cobalttoad
cobalttoad 3 years ago

Thank you Deny! It was a so fun to have it hanging around, watching all those crazy mouth parts

Deny
Deny 3 years ago

Clear spotting , amazing ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

cobalttoad
Spotted by
cobalttoad

Harriman, Tennessee, United States

Spotted on Sep 7, 2020
Submitted on Sep 7, 2020

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