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Kdezsfn Zdkfdnviqnd @cgliacouras.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This katydid was almost impossible to see against the leaf, a great example of camouflage. #nature #photography #naturephotography #macro #insect #EastCoastKin

A katydid on a leaf. Amazing camouflage.

A katydid on a leaf, almost impossible to see! Amazing camouflage.

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Suzanne @suzannevtw.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

So it seems that Nevada has a serious issue with too many #MormonCrickets 😳 I counted over 100 hanging out by a picnic table! #insects #invertebrates #BugsAreCool youtu.be/OjImSrWDcJE

Large black insect hanging on a tan stone wall.

Large black insect resting on a stone pathway.

Large brown insect hanging out on a piece of green plant sitting on a stone pathway.

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#NewSpecies of cave cricket coming out soon! These spindly insects are an important ecological component of remote forest and subterranean habitats. Can you guess what we named them after? 🕳️🪨🦇🕸️ 🦗 #entomology #WildOz #taxonomy

Two separate images of cave crickets perched on a craggy cave wall. Their bodies are mottled and ochre-coloured with long, spider-like legs. Next to each are pixelated sprites from Pokemon: one is Ditto, the other the Big Nugget item.

Photo credits Jessa Thurman, Paul George.

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Interesting orthopterans from Cadiz provence: Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus), Iberian Wingless Groundhopper (Tetrix nodulosa), Shady Grasshopper (Morphacris fasciata), Raymond's Grasshopper (Omocestus raymondi) #biol0028 #uclecolgen #orthoptera

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Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

A tiny speckled bush cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima. found at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social North Cave Wetlands nature reserve. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #cricket #Cygnustech

A tiny green bush cricket on a bramble leaf (c) simon tull

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Leina @literallyleina.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

first molt and newest fella \o/

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Bug Pix @bugpix.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A Broad-Winged Katydid (Microcentrum Rhombifolium) seen downtown. #entomology #insect #katydid

Photo; nearly head-on view of a green and leafy katydid, striking a pose. It's very poorly camouflaged against a red wall.

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greendive.bsky.social @greendive.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Championica is a genus of Katydid found in South America. This one is probably championica ornata, photographed in the Colombian amazon. #katydid #entamology #insect

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Zen Alexie @zenshoot13.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

What did the #katydid do on the #rose as the sun rose?^.^

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Bugdad @joshneary.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Malaysian Leaf Katydid, (Ancylecha fenestrata) I won't lie...I'm in love!!!! What a fascinating and beautiful creature!!!! One for the wish list..!! #inverts #katydids #invert #katydid #bugs #pets #insects #bioactive #exoticpets

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

2024 was a good year for #Katydid portraits, these are Lesser Angle Wing Katydids, #Microcentrum retinerve. #Fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro #MacroPhotography #BestOfLux2024 #Insects #Inverts

A photo of the side of the head of a green katydid with a gray/green/brown eye.

A photo of the face and forebody of a green katydid with green eyes against a p[ale blue background.

A photo of the face and forebody of a green katydid resting on a sheet of white fabric. The katydid has pale brown colored mouthparts and brown/green eyes.

A photo of the face and forebody of a green katydid taken from directly in front of the katydid. Its eyes are green and there is just a touch of brown visible at the bottom of the mouth parts.

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Heather 🐝 @hev.fyi · 01/01/2025

I already posted variant of some of these, but I want to make sure they're in this thread. The katydid macro was taken by my husband @rickyromero.com because it was high up in it's enclosure (I am short). #photos #insects #arachnids #scorpions #leafinsect #grasshopper #katydid

A stick shaped grasshopper on a thorny stick.

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Joseph Spencer @talkingrootworm.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

“I’m #lichen this #mimic!” This #Markia sp. #Katydid is a classic example of #insect #mimicry; it is #camouflaged as the lichen that’s abundant in its forest habitat. Finding one away from a lichen background @ a light trap was the only way I spotted this beauty. #Tettigoniidae #WildSumacoLodge

A light green, dark green, and white katydid with patterned wings and long antennae standing on wooden beam. This species' markings make it almost invisible against the lichen that typically covers tree trunks in its Ecuadorian forest habitat.

A light green, dark green, and white katydid with patterned wings and long antennae resting conspicuously on mossy tree trunk. This species' markings make it almost invisible against the lichen that typically covers tree trunks in its Ecuadorian forest habitat.

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Savor the Moment Photography @savorthemoment.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A giant #katydid welcomed us back to our room at #RefugioAmazonasLodge in the rainforest of #Peru. You can click on the link to read about our stay. www.savorthemomentphotography.com/night-hike-i...

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Cain Eyre @phazonharbinger.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Ameles sp. photographed in Corfu many years ago. A fairly small species, the males are fully winged. #insect #nature #mantis #prayingmantis #Greece #Corfu #wildlife #bugsky #macro #photography

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The zebra blue is one of the many butterflies exotic to Hong Kong, its host plant is non-native. So, the butterfly is rare, but very common in the heart of the urban Kowloon Park, where its host plant is found. I am one of the first people to spot it in the park, and today I saw it again. #bugsky

A small blue with a blue body/ base of wings. Its wings are bordered with grey, with checkers on its white wings.

The butterfly viewed from the side is brown. It has a white base with many brown stripes.

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Danae Wolfe | Chasing Bugs @chasingbugs.com · 24/11/2024

What’s your favorite insect and why is it this specific treehopper? #entomology

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Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

BEST BUGS THREAD! 🦋⬇️ Everyone I want you to drop a photo of the NICEST invert you’ve ever seen! 😍 I’m starting with a Leichhardts Grasshopper from Kakadu NP! 🧡💙

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Rosalie Macabre @acarii.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

All that stands between me and fulfilment is a working phone camera

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Leina @literallyleina.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Finally remembered pictures! Not many ensifera but more than in march so i will take that win

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SADIE 𓅐 @cicadie.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

If you liked that video then you'll probably enjoy this other katydid video! He was performing a little concert on our tomato plants. #katydid #orthoptera #insect #nature #music #bugsky

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Lindsay Lindhult, PhD | Science Illustrator & Arthropod Artist @lindzeamays.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Ink drawing of my favorite grasshopper: Melanoplus differentialis, the differential grasshopper! Completed during my past two art markets. Proud of this one. 💚 #SciArt #bugsky #inverts 🕷️🐡🎨

Ink drawing of a differential grasshopper on a leafy stem.

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Phil Saunders @beardybirder.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

The toilet block at Durlston CP is a bizarrely regular stakeout for Grey Bush-cricket, with this female loitering in the gents earlier today #orthoptera

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John Martin @pilning.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Top day out in Wiltshire on Sunday with eventual male Wart-biter found by DW after several hours looking, several Adonis Blue, a Brown Argus, Wall, Chalk Carpet, Wasp Spider and other nice insects in the blustery conditions, plus unexpected Bromopsis inermis where we parked. #orthoptera #ukwildlife

Female Wasp Spider in web with prey, an orthopteran

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Tom Fungus @fungustom.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Zwitscherschrecke - Tettigonia cantans 📷 🐝 🌿 #NaturePhotography #Nature #Naturfotografie #invertebrates #Orthoptera

Eine grüne Heuschrecke mit brauner Rückenzeichnung und langen Fühlern sitzt auf einem Holzstamm.

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Will George @willgeorge.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

No pink grasshoppers today, but this female Speckled Bush-cricket was a nice find nonetheless. #UKWildlife #Invertebrates #BugSky #Orthoptera

A female Speckled Bush-cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima, sitting on bracken leaves. A common and widespread species across much of England and Wales

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Will George @willgeorge.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

"What shall we call this large insect with a cone-shaped head?" "Large Conehead?" "Sorted" Here's one from the wonderfully unique shingles of Dungeness yesterday, the first I've seen in Britain. #UKWildlife #BugSky #Orthoptera #Invertebrates

A Large Conehead, Rusolia nitidula, on a mossy surface at Dungeness RSPB. A recent arrival to the UK, so far only recorded at a few sites along the south coast.

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Cain Eyre @phazonharbinger.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

The colours of this beautiful Moncheca elegans are simply unreal. #katydid #insect #wildlife #photography #orthoptera

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SADIE 𓅐 @cicadie.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Have you ever seen a bug breathe before? Check out this katydid (Scudderia sp) I found this summer! #bugsky #insect #orthoptera #nature #invertebrate

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Leina @literallyleina.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

insect fair tomorrow.. praying for a single ensifera 🙏

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Leina @literallyleina.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

...are things getting to me or does this look like a mantis if you squint

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Normande @yurintegration.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Hello, I'm a disabled trans woman who lives in Arkansas. I need moving and getting set up! www.gofundme.com/f/normande-m...

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Ph1LzA @ph1lza.com · 06/11/2024

Trying to relax on holiday but we keep finding little floofs on the beach! (we love them)

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

The white dragontail butterfly (Lamproptera curius) is one of the most iconic butterflies in Hong Kong. Because of their specialist diet and short lifespans, they are only found in specific spots where their host plant is present. They also love clean streams to puddle on. #bugsky #inverts

A brown butterfly with its wings closed.
It has a vertical white band going down the middle of its wings. Beyond the stripe is a transparent window on the wings. Ending its small wings is a long tail three times its body length, bordered by white.

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Allegedly Amy @amyewest.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Pretty wood colored cricket on the pool ladder handle.

A wood brown cricket about 2 or 3 inches long sitting on a metal pool ladder handle.

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