280 days of Urbpandemonium #192

[urbpan]

Downtown St Louis turned out to be a fruitful place to find insects. It helped that I spent several hours in the Missouri Botanical Garden where I found this little guy. He's a male meadow katydid Conocephalus fasciatus*, a singer (a dry buzzing song) and an eater of grasses. The females use a sharp ovipositor to put their eggs in the stems of grasses, ensuring that nymphs have easy access to their host plant.



* Banded conehead

Comments

[froganon.livejournal.com]

Love katydids!