This *tiny* little Katydid literally jumped onto the back of my hand - just when I was trying to experiment with some extension tubes for #macro #photography ...
Handheld (one-handed) and natural lighting, so the results aren't great...
The tiny (2-3mm) Katydid *was* exquisitely beautiful, however.

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X-posted to https://www.inaturalist.org/

#NewSpecies!
New katydid from #turkey just snuck in:

Poecilimon allegro

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8758-BB72-FFB4-FF0C-D489F208E63
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5687.1.1
#Zootaxa #PoecilimonAllegro

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#NewSpecies!
New peacock-katydid from #brazil just hopped in:

Metallacantha aculeata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D3C27E-FFB6-FFBF-77C0-839E1E622C5F
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3013
#ejtaxonomy #MetallacanthaAculeata

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This is an audition tape from a Meadow Katydid nymph that heard @handmade_ghost’s “Pelican Orchestra” might need an interim conductor. Would very much like to be considered.

*Volume up!

#Insects #Katydids

Some sort of Katydid

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A katydid? Grasshopper? Cricket

Forest near a lake.

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