Spring Katydids

Even though we have had a very dry winter, insects have been developing. All of these katydids hatched from eggs during winter and are now adult. We have a nice variety in the rainforest in Kuranda.

Caedicia kuranda Rentz, Su, Ueshima

 Phricta spinosa Redtenbacher, spiny thorax bearing a mite

  Phricta spinosa Redtenbacher, young nymph

 Acauloplacella queenslandica Rentz, Su, Ueshima male

 Acauloplacella queenslandica Rentz, Su, Ueshima male head pronotum and stridulatory area

  Acauloplacella queenslandica Rentz, Su, Ueshima male nymph

 Caedicia webberi Rentz, Su, Ueshima

  Caedicia webberi Rentz, Su, Ueshima

Zaprochilus mongabarra Rentz, female at rest

 Zaprochilus mongabarra Rentz female, head and pronotum

 Currimundria delicata Rentz, Su, Ueshima female

 Currimundria delicata Rentz, Su, Ueshima female head pronotum

 Ozphyllum kuranda Rentz, Su, Ueshima male

  Ozphyllum kuranda Rentz, Su, Ueshima male, head pronotum

Chloracantha lampra Rehn male