Speckled Katydid - Diastella latifolia
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Speckled 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.
- We found the katydid on the same host plants a couple of times.
Nymph
- Body length 15mm
- Pictures were taken in Ford Road Conservation Areas on Jan 2009. We believe this is the nymph of the Speckled Katydid and they were found in the same area.
- 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.
- 3. Genus Diastella Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009.
- 4. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia - David Rentz, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2010, p162.
