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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Greater Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum) » Black-legged Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum nigripes)
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Black-Legged Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum nigripes
Copyright © 2009 Shelly Cox

Black-Legged Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum nigripes
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
July 26, 2009
Size: 1 1/2 inches

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Black-Legged Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum nigripes Black-Legged Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum nigripes
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Contributed by Shelly Cox on 27 August, 2009 - 1:03pm

Orchelimum nigripes
Wow! That is a gorgeous katydid; I wish we had those in New England.
… Thomas Young, 28 August, 2009 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much, and yes th
Thank you so much, and yes they are truly gorgeous. They make for great photography subjects....so much color in one neat little package. Getting the to sit still is another matter though...LOL
… Shelly Cox, 28 August, 2009 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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