Katydid from Costa Rica: maybe Aegimia elongata

danielj

February 14th, 2007 at 1:00 am

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Hi Bugman,
I found this poor thing floating dead in my swimming pool in the morning. Is this some sort of grasshopper? I’ve seen other hoppers that resemble leaves, but none like this one. He has that horn and black eyes. I din’t see any like this one on your hopper section so maybe it’s another kind of bug.
Jordan
Costa Rica

katydid costarica Katydid from Costa Rica: maybe Aegimia elongata

Hi Jordan,
This is some species of Katydid.

Update: (02/27/2008) Costa Rican Katydid in Swimming Pool
Sirs – Re: The katydid found in a swimming pool in Costa Rica submitted on St. Valentine’s Day 2007, I believe that it could be Aegimia elongata or a close relative in the subfamily Phaneropterinae (see http://os2001.cirad.fr/Images/1-AEL-PN.jpg).
Ed Saugstad
Sinks Grove, WV.

Thanks Ed. We believe you are correct.

Update: (07/03/2008) Katydid IDs from Piotr Naskrecki
Hi,
I have been looking at the page with unidentified katydids (Katydids 2), and thought I could help with some ID’s. From top to bottom they are: Aegimia (possibly cultrifera)