Precarious
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Not one of my videos but I had to share this monster...
Giant Carnivorous Grasshopper (video)
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lancaster1313
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Awesome creature! Looks like a huge cricket with that ovipositor!
lancaster1313
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I just had to do a search on that creature and I am even more confused than ever about how to classify the orthopterans. :mellow:
Does anyone know an easy way to tell the difference between a grasshopper, cricket, true katydid, or false katydid? I sure don't.
:lol:
Does anyone know an easy way to tell the difference between a grasshopper, cricket, true katydid, or false katydid? I sure don't.
:lol:
Precarious
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Pretty simple really...I just had to do a search on that creature and I am even more confused than ever about how to classify the orthopterans. :mellow:
Does anyone know an easy way to tell the difference between a grasshopper, cricket, true katydid, or false katydid? I sure don't.
A grasshopper is a dude all hopped up on grass:
Cricket is British baseball:
A true katydid is honest:
And false katydids are usually pretty obvious... unless you're drunk:
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lancaster1313
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That certainly clears it up. I can't believe I was so confused before.
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Some species can be found in Europe(Greece,mediterrean area)and central Asia.I was about to get a couple a month ago but changed my mind.
It THE biggest insect in Europe.It can bite real hard I heard.
The species in the video looks very mean!
It THE biggest insect in Europe.It can bite real hard I heard.
The species in the video looks very mean!
Ryan.M
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Not the most graceful insect while moving, hehe but awesome nontheless!
NIce! a monster, and not even adult.
Reminds me of the native carnivorous katydid in Texas Neobarrettia spinosa
Reminds me of the native carnivorous katydid in Texas Neobarrettia spinosa
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Precarious
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I remember you posting photos of these before. Didn't realize they were native to Texas! Wow! Would love to get some photos. Let me know if you ever have any for sale.
It will be tall order to find any this year due to extreme drought in Texas. Will let you know if I could find any. Now i will pray for more rains in Texas. :fortuneteller:
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ismart
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I so want one!
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ShieldMantid1997
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Why a mantis? ahahaha sure you had a good reason and those are like the katydids here on steroids!
The violin mantis was old and too damage to preserve unfortunately. :mellow:
those predatory ones are wayy cooler than my little gladiator katydids (i caught a few gladiator katydids yesterday including a subadult female but she died today from a parasitic maggot (probably a tachinid) :angry:
There is another carnivorous katydid besides the red-eye monster. It is N. victoriae, a rarer species.
Haha... it works! Weather forecast predicting rain this weekend :clap:
Precarious
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Nice! Beautiful clear photos!
I never kept a katydid but now I'm seeing there are some really pretty ones out there. I know they are really pretty as nymphs...
I've been keeping a fat little cricket that hitchhiked on some bramble I brought in for stick insects. They've been living together peacefully for about a month. She's very shy. Jumps away if I try to hold her, but comes running when I put in sliced carrot for her!
Yes their nymphs make wondeful photographing subjects. Very nice pics Henry, time to think of entering National Geographic Photo contest.Nice! Beautiful clear photos!
I never kept a katydid but now I'm seeing there are some really pretty ones out there. I know they are really pretty as nymphs...
I've been keeping a fat little cricket that hitchhiked on some bramble I brought in for stick insects. They've been living together peacefully for about a month. She's very shy. Jumps away if I try to hold her, but comes running when I put in sliced carrot for her!
