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MIcrocentrum rhombifolium - Microcentrum - female

MIcrocentrum rhombifolium - Microcentrum - Female
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
September 2, 2020
Size: 2+inches
I know that this is the katydid (what we've always called the clickbug), specifically Microcentrum rhombifolium, but what I'd like to know is what the white sacs and shimmery opaque fluid is out the back. There had been several together on this branch and this is what (and who) was left. The insect kept bringing the tail up to its mouth afterwards.

Can somebody please fill me in on what this is?

Thanks!

Moved
pale blob is a spermatophore - a sort of mass of sperm and fats/proteins transferred from a male to the female

Moved from ID Request.

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