Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid
There were a fair number of common meadow katydids around and I shot some pictures of them. I took a shot of this katydid almost as an afterthought and only when I got home did I find it was a new katydid species for my prairie bug/spider species collection. Females have a straight ovipositor which exceeds body length. The species was named for the distinct ovipositor of the female.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142708-Conocephalus-strictus
Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid
There were a fair number of common meadow katydids around and I shot some pictures of them. I took a shot of this katydid almost as an afterthought and only when I got home did I find it was a new katydid species for my prairie bug/spider species collection. Females have a straight ovipositor which exceeds body length. The species was named for the distinct ovipositor of the female.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142708-Conocephalus-strictus