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Katydids are early around St. Louis in 2012 - Pterophylla camellifolia - female

Katydids are early around St. Louis in 2012 - Pterophylla camellifolia - Female
Shaw Nature Reserve near Gray Summit, Franklin County, Missouri, USA
June 29, 2012
Size: 50mm +
I started hearing the males singing about 10 days ago here, a good couple of weeks early relative to most of the 24 years I've lived in this area. They still don't seem to be at peak numbers, though.
This female was on the side of a building, and obligingly posed on the redbud leaf after I moved her.