Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Idaho Insects: Katydid

Meridian, IDAHO

We found this big guy doing his best to blend in on my mums this morning. The boys and I enjoyed watching him walk about. He was very large- about 2 inches long.




COMMON NAME:
"Greater Angle-wing Katydid"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Microcentrum rhombifolium)


TAXONOMY:                     
Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Insecta
    Order: Orthoptera
     Family: Tettigoniidae
      Genus: Microcentrum
       Species: rhombifolium


OTHER NAME(S):Greater Wing Katydid



Here are some more Katydid facts and links:








Posted by April Mitchell
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2 comments:

  1. How wierd!! We live in Meridian too and this morning we found this exact looking Katydid on our window, he stayed there for over an hour.

    Naturally we did a little study on Katydid's today for my son's homeschool :).

    They must be "out" and about now or something??

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  2. I found the same looking Katydid at my home in Meridian (Turtle Creek Subdivision) near Ustick and Linder Roads. I didn't realize these critters are in Idaho. My wife grew up in Salt Lake and says she used to see them all the time.

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