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melvynyeo — Katydid Close up

Published: 2011-09-02 11:25:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 3985; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 291
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Description Taken in Permai Rainforest Resort, Sarawak.
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True Katydids are relatives of grasshoppers and crickets. They grow over two inches long and are leaf-green in color.

Katydids have oval-shaped wings with lots of veins. They resemble leaves.

True Katydids live in forests, thickets, or fields with lots of shrubs or trees. Katydids spend most of their time at the tops of trees where most of the leaves are.

Usually katydids are heard, but not seen.

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Comments: 16

Octoboy-the-8th [2015-01-02 21:27:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow, quite impressive electric blue pedipalps and twinkling, amethyst eyes! Beautiful face shot, nice job here!

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HelenaVerne [2011-12-22 08:13:25 +0000 UTC]

There are also hot pink, orange, and yellow katydids

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melvynyeo In reply to HelenaVerne [2011-12-26 11:42:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow... so colorful!

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HelenaVerne In reply to melvynyeo [2011-12-29 17:28:44 +0000 UTC]

Quite! The bright pink ones live in the crepe myrtle trees with bright pink blossoms.

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xxXfishbonesXxx [2011-09-04 14:41:44 +0000 UTC]

0.0 I never expected it's mandibles to be blue!

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melvynyeo In reply to xxXfishbonesXxx [2011-09-06 06:35:01 +0000 UTC]

Here's 2 other views if you are interested
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elvenmaedchen In reply to melvynyeo [2011-10-16 01:20:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Awesome pics!

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xxXfishbonesXxx In reply to melvynyeo [2011-09-09 16:06:29 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!

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MatusMajer [2011-09-02 21:13:46 +0000 UTC]

Great Shot

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melvynyeo In reply to MatusMajer [2011-09-06 06:35:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Dreamscape195 [2011-09-02 13:02:36 +0000 UTC]

hehehehehehehehe My sister found one of these not too long ago.... she picked it up and it bit her. It was really funny. She got this look on her face that was pure horror at first and then halfway like an angry pouting child and halfway like a 'how dare you betray me' look, then she thew it back on the ground and stomped off.

Almost five years ago we had found our first katydid, and for some reason that we just couldn't fathom, he hung around in the same place in our yard for almost a full week! We named him Jared. ("he" might have been a 'her' but we didn't know how to tell so we just judged it as a him). Anyway, Jared let us pick him up and carry him around and never bit us.

Cool picture!

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melvynyeo In reply to Dreamscape195 [2011-09-02 13:26:39 +0000 UTC]

Aww.... nice to have a Katydid "pet Didn't know it bite! I was playing with it with my fingers... lucky me

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Dreamscape195 In reply to melvynyeo [2011-09-02 13:38:17 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, we didn't know it'd bite either. My sister didn't think so, but it was SO funny
Lol, weather it bites or not, so long as it's not poisonous and it doesn't have a stinger, I say go ahead and play with it. It seems to me that the less afraid of a bug you are, the less it seems to bite... you know, at least in my experience. Crickets are a good example. I didn't even know they could bite, and I've been handling them for years... then my sister decides she wants to catch one, she's nervous and afraid it's going to bite, I tell her that I've never been bitten, then it bites her. It's like *facepalm*.

Have I ever told you that I love the icon you're using right now? Praying Mantis are BY FAR my all time favorite bug :3 In fact, you know how I said I've been handling crickets for years? that's because I have this bug-box that I often put a Mantis in (I leave the door of it open so it can get back out) but I like to go catch lots of crickets and stick them in the relativity enclosed space so I can watch the Mantis in action :3 Do you know how to tell Males from Females? Is there anything obvious? I'm always curious about them.......

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melvynyeo In reply to Dreamscape195 [2011-09-03 07:03:43 +0000 UTC]

Haha.... I'm not too sure what's the best way to tell between male and female, normally i see the abdomen areas. Females are thicker than males.

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Dreamscape195 In reply to melvynyeo [2011-09-03 14:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Ah, ok. Dang though, still too hard to tell when you've only got one

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melvynyeo In reply to Dreamscape195 [2011-09-06 07:04:31 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha..... you are right!

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