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Male or female? - Microcentrum rhombifolium - female
Copyright © 2009 Hilma Anderson

Male or female? - Microcentrum rhombifolium - Female
Franklin, Michigan, USA
October 6, 2009
I found this gorgeous katydid on the wall outside. I'm pretty certain it's a Greater angle-winged katydid but is it a male or female? If it's a female, she looks gravid. Will it die this Michigan winter here?
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Contributed by Hilma Anderson on 6 October, 2009 - 7:50pm
Last updated 9 October, 2009 - 7:50pm

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… Eric R. Eaton, 9 October, 2009 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Female
You can just make out the ovipositor at the tip of the abdomen. Plus, lack of file and scraper on "shoulders" of front wings leads one to conclude it is female.
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