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yellow katydid
Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Hi!
My brother found this katydid in our backyard in Central Oklahoma this summer. I looked on your site and I think this might be an oblong winged katydid, but I haven’t seen a yellow one before. I love your site. Thanks for everything you guys do.
Josh Kouri

Katydid

Hi Josh,
Sadly, your photos don’t show the tips of the wings. We are not confident to say for certain that this is an Oblong Winged Katydid, Amblycorypha oblongifolia, but since we have already contacted a Katydid expert, Piotr Naskrecki, regarding a Costa Rican submission, perhaps he can properly identify this yellow specimen as well.

Katydid

Wow, thanks for the quick response! Here’s the only other picture I have of
the katydid– I hope it helps. Thanks again and Merry Christmas!
Josh Kouri

Oblong Winged Katydid: Yellow Version, we think

Thanks for the new photo Josh. To our inexperienced eyes, we now agree that this is probably an Oblong Winged Katydid, but we still hope to get a confirmation from Piotr Naskrecki.

Hi Daniel,
The yellow Amblycorypha that just appeared on the website cannot be
positively identified from the photos. There are at least 3 species in
Oklahoma that have a very similar appearance: A. hausteca, A. longinicta,
and A. oblongifolia. It is probably the last one, but without looking at the
details of the male stridulatory organs and cerci I cannot be sure.
Cheers,
Piotr

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