Giant false-leaf katydid
The giant false-leaf katydid is one of the biggest grasshopper-like insects in the world. It is green and looks just like a big leaf, so it can hide in the treetops. At night the male sings a loud chirp that sounds like a bird.
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With its wings spread out, it is about 23 centimetres wide, wider than a dinner plate.
It lives high up in the treetops of tropical forests.
In some places people roast it and eat it as a snack.
Collectors sometimes buy framed ones under the name Sasuma grasshopper.
Most asked questions about Giant false-leaf katydid
?How big is the giant false-leaf katydid?
About 13 centimetres long with its wings folded, and about 23 centimetres with its wings open.
?Why does it look like a leaf?
Looking like a leaf helps it hide from birds and other hungry animals in the trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pseudophyllus titan
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Sasuma grasshopper
Where the facts come from
- Pseudophyllus titan (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 Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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