This is half-pie.

Perhaps a katydid?

Posted 2. March 2003, 23:21 in by Alan Macdougall, received 4 comments.

Here’s a handsome fellow I spotted on the sunflowers we’ve been growing for Bella.
I think this is a katydid
I’m guessing this is a katydid (or easier to think of them as a ”leaf insect”, I think, although that’s probably not their name.) It seems to have lost a leg as well. And no, it wasn’t me that did it.

This one was only about 4 cm long – I’ve seen others larger. I don’t seem to spot them that often: I don’t know whether it’s because they are rare, or more likely that they are just hard to spot.




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  1. Sabel
    16 July 2005, 09:03 #

    To whom it may concern, that is indeed a version of katydid.I myself caught 11 of them teo days ago, and are now keeping them in a small but humble terarium in my room.Very docile little fellows, I like them a lot.

    I at first thought they were rare, but I think it’s more that they are difficult to find…they look exactly like leafs.

    And it’s common to find one missing a leg, a few of mine are like that.

    Just thought i’d let you know, toodles.

    -Sabel

  2. Alan
    17 July 2005, 10:24 #

    Thanks.

    I’ve seen quite a few more of these in the intervening two years. But not as many as there probably are lurking around though.

  3. Crystel
    3 October 2006, 02:16 #

    Hello, I believe I have caught one of these except mine has more of a yellow color. It is very cute. Do they come in yellow?

  4. Alan
    3 October 2006, 19:42 #

    I don’t know – the ones we have here in New Zealand seem to be green only.

    Yours may be different…

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