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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) » Phaneropterine Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Angle-wing Katydids (Microcentrum)
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Katydid - Microcentrum - female
Copyright © 2009 Kathleen Patricia Chute

Katydid - Microcentrum - Female
Clarksville , Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
August 1, 2008
Size: 2 inches
Please if someone can tell me what is the type of katydid and what sex Thank you for any help
Thanks Kathleen Chute
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Contributed by Kathleen Chute on 18 January, 2009 - 8:08pm
Last updated 2 September, 2009 - 12:11pm

Probably Microcentrum sp.
A shot of the entire insect in lateral view is really helpful for identifying katydids, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 January, 2009 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Don't know what kind...
but the ovipositor on abdomen tip means she's a female
… Chuck Entz, 19 January, 2009 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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