Fluidr / Arthur Anker's "Orthopteroid Orders - Katydids, Grasshoppers, Mantids, Cockroaches, Stickinsects" set

N 2 B 4.5K C 2 E Sep 29, 2006 F Sep 29, 2006

Tags: katydid Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae Orthoptera insects Panama nature macro

Leaf katydid nymph, Panama

N 18 B 8.0K C 17 E Sep 20, 2006 F Sep 20, 2006

A weird looking nymph of a leaf katyidid, Celidophylla albimacula, from Panama

Tags: katydid mimicry Panama Central America rainforest nature macro insects Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Pseudophyllinae

Dead leaf katydid (Orophus tesselatus) from Panama

N 10 B 5.5K C 3 E Sep 19, 2006 F Sep 19, 2006

a remarkable dead leaf katydid from the subfamily Phaneropterinae, probably a species of Orophus

Tags: katydid Phaneropterinae dead leaf Costa-Rica Central America insects macro nature mimicry Tirimbina

Conehead katydid (Copiphora hastata), Costa Rica

N 0 B 3.4K C 2 E Sep 12, 2006 F Sep 12, 2006

This is a female of the large conehead katydid of the genus Copiphora from Costa Rica, you can see her extremely long ovipositor

Tags: Orthoptera katydids Costa-Rica rainforest Tettigoniidae Copiphora

Large grasshopper (Agriacris tricristata) from Panama

N 1 B 3.2K C 3 E Sep 10, 2006 F Sep 11, 2006

this one is a female of a large romaleid grasshopper from Panama
it defends itself quite sucessfully by kicking with spiny jumping legs

Tags: grasshopper Romaleidae Panama rainforest macro nature insects Orthoptera Agriacris