Leaf Mimic Katydid from Borneo
Location: Mt Kinabalu,Sabah,Malaysia
February 4, 2012 7:24 pm
Congratulations on a wonderful website. Could you or Piotr please identify this katydid? It was on a begonia leaf and about 5cm long (2.5 inches) and was found on the slopes of Mt Kinabalu in the forest during a trip we made in August 2011.It was an ornithological trip but the bugs were almost more compelling. Thanks
Signature: Mark Eller
Unknown Katydid
Dear Mark,
This Katydid is truly stunning, and the patterns and colors on its wings look gorgeous with the patterns and colors on the begonia leaf. We had no luck with our initial attempts to identify this species, and we will contact Katydid expert Piotr Naskrecki to see if he is able to assist us.
Piotr Naskrecki provides an identification
Hi Daniel,
This looks like Eulophophyllum (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae), but probably an undesribed species. Very pretty.
Piotr
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¶ Posted 05 February 2012 § ‡ ° Coneheaded Grasshopper from China
Location: Guangzhou, China
December 12, 2011 1:33 am
Hello found this little guy sunbathing on my grill behind my house. I live in Guangzhou, China. Picture was taken just two weeks ago but Southern China never really gets much cooler than about 10 degrees C.
Signature: CTSH
Conehead
Dear CTSH,
Though you correctly identified a Conehead, you are mistaken that it is a grasshopper. Your Conehead is actually one of the Katydids. Grasshoppers are distinguished from most of the other Orthopterans by their relatively short antennae. Katydids and many other Orthopterans are classified together into the suborder Ensifera, the Longhorned Orthopterans.
¶ Posted 13 December 2011 § ‡ ° Unknown(Grasshopper like)
Location: western Massachusetts in the Berkshires.
November 15, 2011 12:36 pm
Hi, i was working at a Supermarket in produce to find a bug that looks like a grasshopper, is brown, flat top and flat head, 6 legs, and the thing which gets me is it has Red pincers which are black tipped. found in the eastern United states, western Massachusetts in the Berkshires.
Signature: Justin Klahn
Conehead Katydid
Hi Justin,
From your profile shot through the container, it appears that this Katydid is a Conehead, possibly even the Broad-Tipped Conehead, Neoconocephalus triops, which is pictured on BugGuide.
Conehead Katydid
¶ Posted 20 November 2011 § ‡ ° Namibian arthropods
Location: Namibia (see above)
November 15, 2011 12:44 pm
Can you please name these.All pictures were taken in April 2011 in Namibia.
The cricket was taken in the Etendeke Mountain camp close to Palmwag. The other 2 images were taken at Durstenbruck farm north of Windhoek.
Signature: Roger Pinkney
Shield-Backed Katydid
Dear Roger,
We are finally getting around to your third identification request after having posted your Banded-Legged Golden Orb-Web Spider and your Tropical Centipede, and we haven’t heard back from you, though perhaps internet connectivity is not easy to find in Namibia. All of your photos are quite nice. The creature you refer to as a cricket is actually a Shield-Backed Katydid in the subfamily Tettigoniinae. We are going to write to Katydid expert Piotr Naskrecki from Harvard to see if he can provide a species identification for you.
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¶ Posted 17 November 2011 § ‡ ° what bug is this?
Location: Bradenton florida
November 3, 2011 8:51 am
this bug has been moving behind a web for a couple days. Its about 3 1/2 inches long. It dosent look like a spider, but Ive never seen it before. I live in florida.
Signature: kyle k
Conehead Katydid
Hi Kyle,
This is the third photo from FLorida we have received in two weeks of a Conehead Katydid in the genus Belocephalus.
¶ Posted 04 November 2011 § ‡ ° Grasshopper-Crayfish
Location: Southern Palm Bay, FL
October 23, 2011 12:12 pm
Found this little beastie while out geocaching today. It had apparently been taken down by somehing else (possibly a car) and although still alive, the ants were already swarming for their feast.
I’ve looked all through my bug book and came up empty handed.
Signature: Wolfeitz
Conehead Katydid
Dear Wolfeitz,
Just yesterday we posted another photo and letter from Florida of this Conehead Katydid in the genus Belocephalus.
Conehead Katydid
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¶ Posted 23 October 2011 § ‡ ° Creepy Bug
Location: Naples, FL
October 21, 2011 2:05 pm
We don’t know what this bug is and its freaking everyone out. Help us solve this mystery
Signature: Panicked
Conehead Katydid
Dear Panicked,
You had an encounter with one of the Conehead Katydids, and we believe this is one of members of the genus Belocephalus, based on photos posted to Bugguide. They are “Usually associated with small palms, including saw and cabbage palmettos” and “Has been observed eating palm fronds” according to Bugguide.
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¶ Posted 22 October 2011 § ‡ ° Green Bug on my Hummingbird Feeder
Location: SE Wisconsin
October 8, 2011 4:00 pm
This bug showed up on my hummingbird feeder and was there for several minutes. When I got closer with the camera, it moved around and then when I turned around, it disappeared. What is this bug?
Signature: Puzzled
Katydid
Dear Puzzled,
You can tell that this Bush Katydid is a female because of sickle shaped ovipositor at the end of her abdomen.
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¶ Posted 08 October 2011 § ‡ ° 
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