Small Gum Tree Katydid - ? Caedicia sp.,
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Small Gum Tree Katydids that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Length 35mm.
- This Small Gum Tree Katydid was found on trees in Eucalypt forest.
- The adult was found in Mt Coot-tha late summer Feb 2008.
- We found this green katydid nymph on a small tree top during winter at Toohey Forest. It was moving slowing to escape from our disturb.
- Nymph length 20mm.
- The nymph was leaf-green in colour and did not have any marking or pattern on its body. Its wing buds were well development showing it could be the last instars, but relatively small in side. We will collect and raise one if we can find them again so that we will know how their adult look like.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p384.
- 2. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p112.
