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Handsome Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum pulchellum)
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Copyright © 2007
Rick Miller
Handsome Meadow Katydid -
Orchelimum pulchellum
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Pamlico Community College, Pamlico County, North Carolina, USA
October 12, 2007
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Contributed by
Rick Miller
on 26 October, 2007 - 8:35pm
Last updated 13 September, 2010 - 8:55pm
actually this is a female
The ovipositor has been eaten or broken off, and only the base is still present.
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David J. Ferguson
, 13 September, 2010 - 8:55pm
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Yes
This is indeed Handsome Meadow Katydid, an apt name don't you think ?
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Philip Chaon
, 26 October, 2007 - 10:32pm
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Yes!
At one point it crawled onto my hand and tried to bite me, but it couldn't seem to get through my fingertip. It felt weird! I let it keep trying, but it never broke the skin. Is it male or female?
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Rick Miller
, 26 October, 2007 - 10:56pm
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Male. It has the 2 tooth like
Male. It has the 2 tooth like cerci at the end of it's abdomen.
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Philip Chaon
, 26 October, 2007 - 11:16pm
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