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Psinidia amplicornis - Psinidia amplicornus - female
Copyright © 2012 Iustin Cret

Psinidia amplicornis - Psinidia amplicornus - Female
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
November 29, 2012
Size: 21 mm
Psinidia amplicornis?

I don't know what to say about what is on top of the base of the abdomen,( what look like a fungal disease). Seems all individuals to have, the "yellow addition". But maybe I am wrong. I examined closely, only a few. ( See the comment here )

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 3 December, 2012 - 8:37pm
Last updated 30 October, 2013 - 10:52pm

The yellow stuff is definitely not normal,
and it's keeping the wings from folding shut all the way. I suspect it probably is the fruiting bodies of an internal fungus infection. I also expect these critters would not have lived much longer.

Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 December, 2012 - 10:12pm

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