Meridian, IDAHO
We found this big guy doing his best to blend in on my mums this morning. The boys and I enjoyed watching him walk about. He was very large- about 2 inches long.
COMMON NAME:
"Greater Angle-wing Katydid"
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Microcentrum rhombifolium)
TAXONOMY:
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class:Insecta Order: Orthoptera Family: Tettigoniidae Genus: Microcentrum Species: rhombifoliumOTHER NAME(S):Greater Wing Katydid
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How wierd!! We live in Meridian too and this morning we found this exact looking Katydid on our window, he stayed there for over an hour.
Naturally we did a little study on Katydid's today for my son's homeschool :).
They must be "out" and about now or something??
I found the same looking Katydid at my home in Meridian (Turtle Creek Subdivision) near Ustick and Linder Roads. I didn't realize these critters are in Idaho. My wife grew up in Salt Lake and says she used to see them all the time.
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