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Australian Common Garden Katydid
Caedicia simplex
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Fork-tailed Bush KatydidScudderia furcata
Mediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nana
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Modest KatydidMontezumina modesta
Giant KatydidStilpnochlora couloniana
Lesser AnglewingMicrocentrum retinerve
California Chaparral KatydidPlatylyra californica
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| New Zealand | 2,981 |
|---|---|
| Canterbury Region | 1,102 |
| Australia | 950 |
| Wellington Region | 751 |
| Victoria | 476 |
| Auckland Region | 401 |
| New South Wales | 221 |
| Waikato Region | 185 |
| Tasmania | 121 |
| Northland Region | 107 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Katydids · Tettigoniidae |
| Genus | Garden Katydids · Caedicia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Australian Common Garden Katydid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.