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Lesser Angle-winged Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male
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Lesser Angle-winged Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - Male
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
August 28, 2006
Size: 45 mm
Dorsal view of head, showing the widely-separated antennae (close together in some other katydid groups).
Also note the squarely-truncated front margin of the pronotum, distinguishing this species from Microcentrum rhombifolium, which has a tooth on the front of the pronotum. See SINA.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 16 March, 2007 - 3:38pm
Last updated 17 March, 2007 - 7:55am

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