Katydid / Bush Cricket
Orchelimum vulgare
Katydid / Bush Cricket
Orchelimum vulgare
Insects in the cricket family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids or bush crickets. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, to distinguish them from the true or short-horned grasshoppers, Caelifera. They can be found in grassy areas along roads or on the edge of open fields. They prefers to perch on clumps of large grass.
Identification: Green in colour, about 1 inch long. They have red eyes, green head, long wings extending beyond the end of the abdomen and green legs. The top of the thoracic shield is brown, and the legs are green.
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Orchelimum
Binomial name: Orchelimum vulgare
Orchelimum vulgare
Insects in the cricket family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids or bush crickets. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, to distinguish them from the true or short-horned grasshoppers, Caelifera. They can be found in grassy areas along roads or on the edge of open fields. They prefers to perch on clumps of large grass.
Identification: Green in colour, about 1 inch long. They have red eyes, green head, long wings extending beyond the end of the abdomen and green legs. The top of the thoracic shield is brown, and the legs are green.
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Orchelimum
Binomial name: Orchelimum vulgare
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