Pest Remedies-K:

Katydid (?)

Order: Orthoptera; Family: Tettigoniidae (Long-horned grasshopper)

Description: Large insect similar to grasshopper. Length around 41 mm. Sing at night and not usually seen during daytime.

Katydid nymph: Photo by K. Mak, 9/26/96, Los Angeles, CA, On begonia flower, E-mail canon50e@hotmail.com,1/90 sec, f6.7.

Life Cycle: Gradual metamorphosis, egg, nymph, adult.

Hosts/Damage: Minor pest.

Controls:

Cultural - None

Biological - None

Chemical - None

Last edited: 03/07/98 02:06 PM

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