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Family TETTIGONIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about the Blackish Meadow
Katydids that we found in the
Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Male, short-winged form, body
length 20mm
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- This Blackish Meadow Katydid is also common in Brisbane bushlands. We usually found this katydid on short grasses or vegetations near the
ground level. This species is active during night time.
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- Nymphs of this species are predaceous. They feed on eggs and nymphs of Paddy
Bugs Leptocorisa sp. while adults often feed on grass flowers and
seeds.
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- This katydid species adult may have long-winged and short-winged form,
but it seems that short-winged form may be more common.
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- 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, p94.
- 3. Blackish Meadow Katydid Fact File - Wildlife of Sydney, Australian Museum online.
- 4. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia - David Rentz, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2010,
p104.
- 5. A revision of the Pacific species of
Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) - Pitkin,
L.M. 1980, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 41(5): 315-355 [350].
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