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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) » Quiet-calling Katydids (Meconematinae) » Meconema » Drumming Katydid (Meconema thalassinum)
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Katydid - Meconema thalassinum - male
Copyright © 2010 David Cappaert

Katydid - Meconema thalassinum - Male
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
July 5, 2010
Looks like Conocephalus or Orchelimum. I find no matches for the 2 striking features--dorsal coloration/spots, and circular cerci.

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Contributed by David Cappaert on 5 July, 2010 - 6:58pm
Last updated 6 July, 2010 - 10:36am

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Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 July, 2010 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Neither.
This is a male "drumming katydid."
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 July, 2010 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

 
Eric - thanks for the ID--I'v
Eric - thanks for the ID--I've not seen this one before. It would have taken a lot of browsing pictures for me to have stumbled on that match.
… David Cappaert, 6 July, 2010 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

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