Animal Species:Common Garden Katydid
The Common Garden Katydid is frequently seen in Sydney and most cities in Australia throughout the year.
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Identification
Although the adults of the Common Garden Katydid are always green, the nymphs take on the colour of whatever they have been eating. Nymphs may be bright pink if they have been feeding on red roses, or yellow if they have been feeding on Cassia flowers. The colour may remain for several moults.
Size range
6 cm
Distribution
The Common Garden Katydid is found throughout Australia.
Habitat
The Common Garden Katydid lives in urban areas, forests and woodlands.
Feeding and Diet
The Common Garden Katydid can be found living in and feeding on a variety of garden shrubs as well as Australian native plants.
Life cycle
Female Common Garden Katydids deposit their eggs, which resemble black seeds, onto leaves and branches.
Classification
- Species:
- simplex
- Genus:
- Caedicia
- Subfamily:
- Phaneropterinae
- Family:
- Tettigonidae
- Superfamily:
- Tettigonioidea
- Order:
- Orthoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Subphylum:
- Uniramia
- Phylum:
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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