Katydid
is a type of long-horned grasshopper. Its name comes from the love call
of the male of a certain species in the Eastern United States. Most
katydids are about 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. They have large wings
that fold over their back. In some species, the threadlike antennae are
longer than the body. Many katydids are shaped like leaves, and the veins
in their wings look like the veins of leaves.
Most katydids live in trees and bushes, and feed on leaves and young twigs. Other katydids eat decaying vegetation and dead insects. A few katydids will capture and eat other insects. Katydids lay their flat, oval, slate-gray eggs from early fall until frost appears. Many of them lay their eggs in double, overlapping rows on the edges of leave and on twigs. The eggs hatch the next spring. Young katydids are long-legged. They look like adult katydids but have no wings.
Scientific Classification. Katydids belong to the family Tettigoniidae
Source:
Betty
Lane Faber, "Katydid," Discovery Channel School, original content provided
by World Book Online, http://www.discoveryschool.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozscience/k/295900.html
06/04/01.
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Common Field Katydid
