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First katydid, Henne
I was hiking the uplands of our town's "farm" preserve in preparation for a family trek I'll be leading soon, and in the course of learning what I might point out, I spotted the first of this summer's katydids—the voices of midsummer and beyond. This one's a female and from the rounded, upturned shape of the ovipositor, I'm guessing that she's a member of the genus Scudderia, the Bush Katydids. The short wings suggest to me that she's only recently metamophosed into adulthood, but she certainly has an appetite for Solomon Seal berries. In short order, she'll be able to listen in on the katydid chorus... and pick a mate from among the multitudes of singing males.
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