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 have long legs, with front pair of legs spiny. They are predator to other small insects. As other katydids they sing as well. However they cannot be hear by human for the sing in ultrasonic frequency.
- Diurnal Predatory Katydid, Swayer
- Austrophlugis orumbera, 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.
- Short-winged Swayer
- Lucienola sp., female, body length 20mm
- In Wishart Outlook, we found this Predatory Katydid with well developed ovipositor but poorly developed wings. Both males and females of this species are short-winged. Please check this page for more information.
- 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.
- 4. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia - David Rentz, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2010, p109.
