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ID Me Please - Amblycorypha longinicta
Copyright © 2006 John Young

ID Me Please - Amblycorypha longinicta
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
August 8, 2006
Size: roughly 40 mm
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Contributed by John Young on 9 August, 2006 - 7:35am
Last updated 25 June, 2007 - 12:45pm

Moved
Your Amblycorypha is a Common Virtuoso Katydid - Amblycorypha longinicta. The black spots on the pronotum is a characteristic of uhleri group (virtuoso katydids), which was split into 5 species - uhleri, arenicola, cajuni, longinicta, and rivograndis. Out of these five, only one is found in Kentucky - longinicta.
… Ethan Kistler, 25 June, 2007 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 November, 2006 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Katydid?
I believe this is a katydid. Their call at night, sounds like "ka-ty-did", or "zz zz zz", 3 zips in a row.
… bulrush, 9 August, 2006 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Winner!
Bulrush is right on! This is a male roundheaded katydid in the genus Amblycorypha, of which there are now more species than when I first got acquainted with them:-) Apparently you can only tell the species apart by song.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 August, 2006 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

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