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Microcentrum rhombifolium: Life cycle - Microcentrum rhombifolium - female

Microcentrum rhombifolium: Life cycle - Microcentrum rhombifolium - Female
Oakland, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 25, 2013
Unfortunately, I had to leave home for college again in a few days, and decided to release it. By this time, the katydid was becoming more and more active at night, roaming around my ceiling throughout the day, rather than staying within its designated area as it when it was immature. I had put it outside for several nights in a cage in case a male might be enticed to come down from the treetops to visit, but that never happened. I doubt it survived to reproduce, mostly because it had become so acclimated to handling and disturbance that it never learned to associate it with predation risk, though I did try to handle it more roughly a week prior to the release to reverse its conditioning.

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