Bug card No. 0983 of 1,500
Oblong-winged katydid
Amblycorypha oblongifolia
The oblong-winged katydid is a big green bush-cricket with long wings shaped like leaves. Most of them are green, but a few are born pink, tan or even orange. A pink katydid is a rare and lucky find.
Lives in
Northeastern North America and the Midwest, in fields and gardens
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It may try to hop or fly away if you get close.
What does it eat?
It nibbles on the leaves of plants, like most katydids.
How fast is it?
Oblong-winged katydid about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Pink and tan ones are rare, and dark tan or orange ones are very rare.
2
Its colour comes from its genes, like eye colour in people. It does not change with age or weather.
3
A pink katydid is pink from the day it hatches until the end of its life.
you asked
Most asked questions about Oblong-winged katydid
?Why are some katydids pink?
Because of their genes. A few katydids are simply born pink and stay pink all their life.
?Are katydids dangerous?
No. The oblong-winged katydid is harmless and eats plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Amblycorypha oblongifolia
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Amblycorypha oblongifolia (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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