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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » True Katydids (Pseudophyllinae) » Western True Katydids (Paracyrtophyllus) » Red Katydid (Paracyrtophyllus robustus)
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Colorful little cricket - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - female
Copyright © 2012 linlinski

Colorful little cricket - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - Female
Bandera, Bandera County, Texas, USA
April 29, 2012
I've seen a lot of these handsome little creatures hanging out around my house over the past week, but I'm not sure what exactly they are (aside from drop dead gorgeous, that is). This is the first year that I've seen them, and have been in this location for 9 years. Located in the Texas Hill Country area, specifically between Bandera and Pipe Creek. This particular fellow was found hanging out on the sideview mirror of my car at around 10am, though I spotted another on a jasmine vine in the evening last week. Any help would be much appreciated!

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Contributed by linlinski on 29 April, 2012 - 3:17pm
Last updated 5 May, 2012 - 5:45pm

your "fellow" happens to be a nearly mature female nymph :0)
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 May, 2012 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… metrioptera, 3 May, 2012 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

Truely Beautiful!
Thanx for sharing...hadn't ever seen one til this.
… SauriaMami, 30 April, 2012 - 1:34am login or register to post comments

Katydid
Looks like this katydid - - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - Truncated True Katydid
… Ilona L., 29 April, 2012 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

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