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Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum - female
Copyright © 2014 Britta Dace Muiznieks

Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum - Female
Buxton, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
October 2, 2013
If confirmed,from what I have read, they are only supposed to be in western NC. We're about as far east as you can get (barrier island). This individual landed on the side of my vehicle.

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Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum - female Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum - female
Contributed by Britta Dace Muiznieks on 22 January, 2014 - 8:53am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 22 January, 2014 - 9:50am

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