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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » True Katydids (Pseudophyllinae) » Pterophylla » Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
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Katydid 3 - Pterophylla camellifolia - male
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Katydid 3 - Pterophylla camellifolia - Male
Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
True Katydid? Nymph can you tell if it's male or Female yet?
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 14 July, 2007 - 11:16am
Last updated 25 May, 2010 - 12:01am

Moved
Moved from True Katydids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 January, 2009 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Western True Katydids. The genus Paracyrtophyllus occurs only in Texas.
… Robin McLeod, 31 January, 2008 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

Nymph.
This is a nymph, a male, and quite probably a true katydid as you suspect. The male subgenital plate looks suspiciously like an ovipositor:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2007 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! and forgive me for "o
Thanks! and forgive me for "over-doseing" you with Katydids-we seem to have quite a variety here! I am determined to figure out eventually which is which. LOL!
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 17 July, 2007 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

Katydid nymph
Lack of full wings indicates immature. Don't know much more, but think end of abdomen indicates sex. But I'm no expert, so you probably want to look at some katydid images to see if this is right and which you have.
… Ron Hemberger, 14 July, 2007 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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