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Katydid - Microcentrum rhombifolium - male
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Katydid - Microcentrum rhombifolium - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
August 5, 2005
Perhaps the grown-up of this nymph . Found on the same Mandevilla plant. Arrow shows how you can tell this is a male without seeing the hind end.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 11 August, 2005 - 1:32pm
Last updated 29 September, 2008 - 2:26pm

male
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Even though you can't see the end of the abdomen, you can tell it's male, because of the sound producing mechanism (altered venation) at the base of the top of the folded front wings.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 September, 2008 - 1:52am login or register to post comments

From Thomas Walker
Male Microcentrum rhombifolium. (Rose-colored markings not typical, but I know of no other species it could be).
… Lynette Schimming, 27 August, 2005 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

Microcentrum?
Looks like what others have identified as Microcentrum, compare, for example:



Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 11 August, 2005 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

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