Holiday Katydids

 The rains have come-sort of. Adult katydids are showing up at the lights as well as on the rainforest vegetation. The first Queensland Palm Katydid was heard on the evening of 17 December. 

With the Christmas Holiday Season coming on, katydids are called Esparanzas in some cultures, the word meaning Hope. Let's all Hope that this is a pleasant season with less animosity and 2021 will be better than 2020--it just has to be.

   Garradunga Snub-nosed Katydid Chloracantha garradunga Rentz, Su, Ueshima

female

Garradunga Snub-nosed Katydid Chloracantha garradunga Rentz, Su, Ueshima

female

                              Garradunga Snub-nosed Katydid Chloracantha garradunga Rentz, Su, Ueshima

female pronotum

                                 Ingrisch's Forest Katydid Ingrischagraecia iterika Rentz, Su, Ueshima

Adult female, defensive

                                   Ingrisch's Forest Katydid Ingrischagraecia iterika Rentz, Su, Ueshma

                                                            Larifugagraecia sp.

    `                                                                Tropical Nicsara Nicsara trigonalis Walker

                       

       Tropical Nicsara  Nicsara trigonalis Walker nymph

Destructive Katydid Austrosalomona destrucctor Rentz, Su, Ueshima

Buck's Unicorn Katydid Barbaragraecia richardsoni Rentz and Su 

Purple-winged Katydid Kurandoptera purpura Rentz, Su, Ueshima

Curvy-tailed Caedicia Caedicia flexuosa Bolivar

Curvy-tailed Caedicia Caedicia flexuosa Bolivar

Serrated Bush Katydid Paracaedicia serrata Brunner 

Kuranda Spotted Katydid Ephippitytha kuranda Rentz, Su, Ueshima

Balsam Beast Anthophiloptera dryas Rentz and Clyne