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Common True Katydid

Pterophylla camellifolia

20,623 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 73, February 88, March 81, April 130, May 131, June 79, July 185, August 126, September 77, October 76, November 59, December 67.
United States12,687
North Carolina1,658
Tennessee1,175
New York1,085
Georgia1,063
Canada852
Alabama847
Ontario846
Pennsylvania845
Texas838

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
GenusPterophylla

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