Stout-body Katydid - ? Diastella sp.

Family TETTIGONIIDAE 

This page contains pictures and information about Stout-body Katydids that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Length 35mm. 

 

The katydid looks similar to those Caedicia species, although it has the stout body and shorter wings.

 

 

We found this species once in Ford Road Conservation Area late summer Jan 2009. The katydid was wandering on grass near the forest floor. 

 

 

It was slow-moving, although it did jump and fly to a meter away when we came too closely.  

 

 

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Reference:

1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p112. 

2. Katydids - subfamily Phaneropterinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan. 

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