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Western Round-winged Katydid

Amblycorypha parvipennis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) pufferchung, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 4, May 5, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 2, December 2.
United States64
Texas21
Missouri15
Kansas13
Oklahoma4
Louisiana4
Minnesota3
Nebraska2
Tennessee1
Iowa1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyKatydids · Tettigoniidae
GenusRound-headed Katydids · Amblycorypha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Western Round-winged Katydid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.