Gladiator
Katydid
1 3/8". Green with
tan or brown markings. Undersurface of prothorax has several long slender
spines. Ovipositor curved, a;most as long as abdomen. Wings slender, hind
pair at rest projecting beyond tips of fore pair.
Grasslands and roadsides
with tall grass.
Quebec and New England
to Tennessee, west to northeasternCalifornia, north to Washington.
Grass.
Trilling alternating with
staccato clicks.
Life Cycle
Female cements eggs among stiffer grass stalks, where they overwinter in the North. Green nymphs mature by late summer. Probably 1 generation a year.
Each species in this genus has its own sound and gange. Identification of the diffrent species is based on a comparative study of male genitalia, of the projecting conical midpart on the head in both sexes, and of the ovipositor.