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Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - Male
Upper Stamp Creek, Lake Allatoona, Georgia, USA
August 9, 2003
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:47pm
Last updated 17 March, 2007 - 8:10am

Angular-wing katydid
Nice shot of a male angular-wing katydid in the genus Microcentrum. These are large insects heard at night in forested areas. Update: apparently only the males of M. retinerve have the brown area between the stridulatory file and the juncture of the wings with the pronotum (top of thorax). Moving to guide.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 June, 2004 - 4:10pm

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