Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)

Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)

The sound of late summer nights in the Piedmont and fall days and nights in the Mountains. The call is three parted, sort of like "ka-ty-did".

Female ovipositing in the base of a tree trunk.

Alleghany Co., NC 9/22/07.

Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)

Same individual, a few minutes later.

Alleghany Co., NC 9/22/07.

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