KATYDID! (A.D.)

KATYDID!

Katydid are also known to be called long-legged grasshoppers. They are strongly related to crickets more than grasshoppers. Some katydid are two to three times the length of crickets. The katydid have special sensory receptors that allow them to find their way around places in the dark, mostly when they are active. "The distinctive singing and vibrations of the male katydid to attract the female can often be heard at night in gardens. Some katydids also mimic the appearance of leaves among which they live."-(Insects volume 23). Their scientific name is Tettigoniidae which sounds nothing like katydid. Katydids have known to be 5,000 different species of them, about 250 in the US. Katydids look almost exactly like leaves, that's why they live in grassy, forest areas, to blend in to the environment and not to become prey to the other animals. They have long legs to hop and move around from tree branch to tree branch.


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