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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) » Handsome Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum pulchellum)
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Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum
Copyright © 2009 Charles Rhyne

Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum
West Ashley, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
September 23, 2009
Size: 5 or 6 cm
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Contributed by Charles Rhyne on 24 September, 2009 - 11:08am
Last updated 24 September, 2009 - 12:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charles Rhyne, 24 September, 2009 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

Meadow katydid.
This is an adult male meadow katydid in the genus Orchelimum.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 September, 2009 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
I did some more digging, and
I did some more digging, and I think this is a Handsome Meadow Katydid
(Orchelimum pulchellum).
… Charles Rhyne, 24 September, 2009 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric!
Thanks, Eric!
… Charles Rhyne, 24 September, 2009 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

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