Subfamily Meconematine - Swayer
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Swayer Katydids that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
The katydids in this family are usually small and greenish. They are predator to other small insects. We only found one species in this subfamily.
- Diurnal Predatory Katydid, Swayer
- Austrophlugis malidupa, body length 25mm
- We sometimes see this Diurnal Predatory Katydids in Yugarapul Park in Brisbane during mid summer. This katydids are green in colour with spiny legs. They have a pair of large eyes on their head. They are fast moving wandering on plants. More pictures and information please click here.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p382.
- 2. Grasshopper Country - The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p101
- 3. Austrophlugis malidupa - Australian Insect Common Names, version 1.53, CSIRO.
