Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum (female, ~20 mm body length)
Location: Durham NC (USA)
Male is coming up behind her on another plant stem. I had hoped to get a photo of them mating, but the female flew off when I got too close with my phone.
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Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum (male, ~18 mm body length)
Location: Durham NC (USA)
Male kept on singing for a minute after female decamped. Got a sound recording with phone, though there was wind. Sound and sonogram included.
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Its abdomen tapers off. It is feeding on Blunt Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum muticum.