Upolu Grass Katydid
Male, Short Forewings
Upolu Grass Katydid
Male, Anal Spurs, ventral
| Upolu Grass Katydid Male, Short Forewings | | Upolu Grass Katydid Male, Anal Spurs, ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Katydid (Tettigoniidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Upolu Grass Katydid (Conocephalus upoluensis) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, Anal Spurs, posterior | ||||
Thank you Matthew Connors for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~15mm long, wingspan ~43mm & antennae ~33mm. At rest the wings extend well past the body. Variable in colour, they can also be green. This one was very pale, off white with a green tinge; the brown back wasn't very noticeable with the eye. Large head & eyes compared with body which makes us suspect it's nocturnal. Forewings are shorter than hindwings. The wing area near the body is quite strange & distinctive; having a 'ridge' between 2 'dips'; very cricket like. The anal spurs are diagnostic with these (their shape & location) | |||||
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