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Broad-winged bush katydid

Scudderia pistillata
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The broad-winged bush katydid is a green, leaf-like cousin of grasshoppers and crickets. It lives in North America. It has very long, thin feelers, often longer than its whole body.

Lives in
North America, in bushes and meadows
Top speed
about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not sting.
What does it eat?
It nibbles leaves of bushes and other plants.
For real!Photo of Broad-winged bush katydid
Picture by D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Katydids hear with tiny ears on their front legs.

2

The name katydid comes from the song of some katydids, which sounds a bit like someone saying katy did.

3

It belongs to the same big insect group as grasshoppers and crickets.

you asked

Most asked questions about Broad-winged bush katydid

?What does a bush katydid eat?

Leaves of bushes and other plants.

?Is a katydid a grasshopper?

Not quite. It is a close cousin of grasshoppers and crickets, with much longer feelers.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Scudderia pistillata
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Tettigoniidae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Scudderia pistillata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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