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Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum - male
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum - Male
Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
October 5, 2005
Size: 22 mm
Close-up of head. Note the white face with red mottling on the border, and those lovely baby-blue eyes. Eye color seems to be a pretty good mark for some species in this genus.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 13 October, 2005 - 10:13pm

Nice shot!
There's no doubt where this one got its name!
… Lynette Elliott, 14 October, 2005 - 6:04am

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