Spanish Name:  Planta Imitadora Katydid

Size: Katydids are range in size from 1  1/4 to 5 in. (312.5 cm) long.

Life span:  Both males and females have a life span of 9 months

 
Bibliography:  (go to MLA site)

                                            "rain shadow arts" 26 Mar. 2003 <ww.rainshadow-arts.com/mgphoto/ fauna/katydid.html>
 "True katydid" 26 Mar. 2003 

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• Katydids feed on trees in the rain forests of Peru.  
• They fasted on leaves, ms, flowers and fruits.
• They also form an important part of the diet of many animals higher up in the food chain, especially monkeys, birds and bats.

Predators:

• Katydids are attacked by sharp eyed and hungry predators, from bats and birds to snakes and shrews. 
• Katydids camouflage in leafs to hide from predators.

Adaptations: 

• Katydids have to camouflage to leafs in which predators won't catch them or eat them so they have to adapt to only certain kinds of leafs because if the insect is brown it can't camouflage in a green leaf.

  Interesting Facts:

• Their singing at night is characteristic. 
• Katydids are sometimes called longhorn grasshoppers due to their long thin antennae. 
• Katydids get their name from the way their songs sound.
• One of the things that makes them different from their relatives is their antennae which may be two or three times the length of their body.
• These antennae are covered with sensory receptors that allow katydids to find their way around in the dark, when most of them are active.
• There are some 4,000 species of katydids in the world.
• Birds, monkeys, and bats are their predators.
• Found in grasslands because they like open fields.
• They have incomplete metamorphosis.