The Garden Katydid (Four Macro Photos and a Macro Video)

This is a Garden Katydid, Caedicia simplex, which I found in the backyard today. It is still in the larval stage known as a nymph. Katydids and other Orthopterans do not go though a complete metamorphsis like a butterfly does. Rather, the larval stage gradually develops into an adult. Thus the insects below look basically like little adults. The obvious difference is that their wings have not developed. The body length if this individial was only about one inch and yet, amazingly, it jumped a distance of close to two feet.

The photos below were taken with a Canon 7D and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens.
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( All photos, videos, and text on this blog are by @mostly.nature )

Garden Katydid BY Tas 2018-01-11 n4.jpg

Garden Katydid BY Tas 2018-01-11 n2.jpg

Garden Katydid BY Tas 2018-01-11 n1.jpg

Garden Katydid BY Tas 2018-01-11 n3.jpg

I took the following video last year. It shows the fully winged adult stage of the Garden Katydid. Some of the video was taken with the same lens mentioned above. Other parts were taken with a Panasonic HC-VX870M. I hope you enjoy the video.

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I am following your work for months now. - This constant supply of awesome images is just great! :) Thx @mostly.nature!

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It has enough details to see Garden Katydid joints. amazing.!

Glad you liked them. Thanks.

Hi Alan that is by far the best post Ive seen on any social media platform! I am inspired

I managed to catch our resident Golden Orb spider sucking the life out of a Katydid. https://steemit.com/travel/@djh/deadly-spider-attack photography needs work but you will apreciate the shot:-) Cheers david

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