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Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)? - Microcentrum californicum - female
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Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)? - Microcentrum californicum - Female
Santee, San Diego County, California, USA
September 24, 2010
Size: over an inch
Is this a Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)? Thank you.
Contributed by Stephanie MB on 25 September, 2010 - 10:40pm
Last updated 1 October, 2010 - 12:09am

Yes, it looks like it to me
It's a bit difficult to say for sure which species (there is also M. rhombifolium in California), but I'd suspect it is probably the same species as the adult.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 September, 2010 - 11:33am

a female Angle-winged Katydid
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 September, 2010 - 1:17am

 
thank you
Would you say this is an angle-wing katydid nymph then?
Angle-winged Katydid nymph

Angle-winged Katydid nymph
… Stephanie MB, 28 September, 2010 - 11:26am

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