Animal Species:Mimicking Snout-nosed Katydid
The Mimicking Snout-nosed Katydid is the loudest katydid heard near the coast in Sydney.
Identification
The Mimicking Snout-nosed Katydid can be green or brown, and lives among various grasses. It has strong mandibles for cracking grass seeds and, if carelessly handled, can give a nasty bite.
Members of the genus Pseudorhynchus are known as the snout-nosed katydids. They have a projection between the base of their antennae resembling a snout.
Size range
3-6 cm
Distribution
The Mimicking Snout-nosed Katydid is found in Southern Queensland and coastal New South Wales.
Habitat
The Mimicking Snout-nosed Katydid lives in urban areas and grassy woodlands.
Communication
The sound of the Mimicking Snout-nosed Katydid may be confused with that of cicadas, however there are no cicadas in Sydney that sing from grasses with a loud buzzing sound at night.
Classification
- Species:
- mimeticus
- Genus:
- Pseudorhynchus
- Subfamily:
- Conocephalinae
- Family:
- Tettigonidae
- Superfamily:
- Tettigonioidea
- Suborder:
- Ensifera
- Order:
- Orthoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Subphylum:
- Uniramia
- Phylum:
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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Tags grasshoppers, insects, arthropods, invertebrate, invertebrates, identification,