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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)

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Copyright © 2012 Melissa Eschbaugh

are these insect related? or a weird plant disease?

Davie, Broward County, Florida, USA
September 4, 2011
Size: 1/8"-1/4"

so far i've only seen these on my orange & keylime tree...no clue what they are or where they come from...they don't move...& are wedged in the edges of the leaves...are these related to scales?...or some other bug?...or plant related?...i need to get rid of these things but i don't know if i buy a pesticide or something for plant diseases

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Contributed by Melissa Eschbaugh on 23 February, 2012 - 11:13am
Last updated 6 March, 2012 - 4:35pm

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Moved from ID Request.

… Charley Eiseman, 6 March, 2012 - 5:28am

I'm the opposite of an expert,

so you should really wait for one to come along, but ... I looked up a Katydid ID earlier in the week and the Modest Katydid happens to lay its eggs like that, inserted in the leaf edge. There may be other insects that do that, or you may have something different, I can't say.

Until an expert comes along, an on-line search for "modest katydid eggs" might offer you a view of other leaves that look somewhat like yours.

… Karolina Stutzman, 24 February, 2012 - 5:30pm

thanks

yea i do see green katydids around my house often

… Melissa Eschbaugh, 25 February, 2012 - 3:50pm

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