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First macro subject - Microcentrum retinerve - male
Copyright © 2004 acpleat

First macro subject - Microcentrum retinerve - Male
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
October 30, 2004
Katydid sunbathing on south-facing window on warm late October day.
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Contributed by acpleat on 1 November, 2004 - 7:42pm
Last updated 17 March, 2007 - 8:09am

Microcentrum sp.
Looks to be of genus Microcentrum.
… Richard Leung, 1 November, 2004 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Looks to be a male, also. Update: Only M. retinerve has (in males only) the brown area between the stridulatory file and the juncture of the wings with the pronotum (top of thorax), just visible here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 November, 2004 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

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