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My Home: I can be found on branches of trees or
bushes in North America and other parts of the world. I am most active
at night and sing in the evening.
What I
eat: I eat leaves, flowers, the
stems, and fruits of many plants and a few species of katydids are
predators and will eat other insects.
What I
look like: I am usually green and
range in size by species from 1 to 5 inches.
My antennae are two or three times the
length of my body.
How I am
born: I go through three stages
of development: egg, nymph and adult. My egg is laid in the fall on
plants or in the soil and I hatch in the spring. Once I hatch as a
nymph, I look like adults except without wings. I shed my skin (molt)
to grow. As an adult I will have developed my wings. My lifespan is
about one year from egg to the end of adulthood.
Fun
Facts: Katydids get their name
from how their song sounds; “Katy did, Katy didn't." They rub their
wings together to produce their song sound, which serves as part of
their courtship. Their ears tympana (hearing organs) are on their front
legs.
There are around 4,000 species of katydids worldwide.
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