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Katydids (Tettigoniidae)

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Katydids (Tettigoniidae)

Featured sightings

Nanodectes harpax (Small shield-back katydid) by clarehoneydove

Austrodectes monticolus (Australian shield-back katydid) at Wilsons Valley, NSW - 17 Feb 2025 by Miranda

Narea sp. (genus) (A katydid) at Palerang, NSW - 7 Jan 2025 by Csteele4

Tinzeda (genus) (A katydid) at Bungendore, NSW - 25 Dec 2024 by clarehoneydove

Conocephalomima barameda (False Meadow Katydid, Barameda) at Bungonia, NSW - 22 Dec 2024 by AlisonMilton

Tettigoniidae (family) (Unidentified katydid) at Bungonia, NSW - 26 Nov 2024 by KorinneM

Caedicia simplex (Common Garden Katydid) at Weston, ACT - 27 Oct 2024 by Kenp12

Coptaspis brevipennis (A katydid) at Turner, ACT - 21 Aug 2024 by ConBoekel

Latest sightings

Unverified Katydid (Tettigoniidae) at Palerang, NSW - 17 Nov 2025 by Csteele4

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Yarralumla, ACT - 11 Nov 2025 by AlisonMilton

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Yarralumla, ACT - 11 Nov 2025 by AlisonMilton

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Latham, ACT - 14 Nov 2025 by AlisonMilton

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Higgins, ACT - 14 Nov 2025 by AlisonMilton

Tettigoniidae (family) (Unidentified katydid) at Campbell, ACT - 13 Nov 2025 by Hejor1

Caedicia simplex (Common Garden Katydid) at Watson, ACT - 10 Nov 2025 by HappyWanderer

Caedicia simplex (Common Garden Katydid) at Bungonia, NSW - 10 Nov 2025 by Miranda

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Bungonia, NSW - 10 Nov 2025 by Miranda

Caedicia simplex (Common Garden Katydid) at Higgins, ACT - 10 Nov 2025 by AlisonMilton

Torbia sp. at O'Connor, ACT - 9 Nov 2025 by Hejor1

Lanciana montana (Montane Ground Shield-back) at Tharwa, ACT - 9 Nov 2025 by patrickcox

Tettigoniidae (family) (Unidentified katydid) at Flinders Ranges, SA - 25 Sep 2025 by AlisonMilton

Zaprochilus australis (Twig-mimic katydid) at O'Connor, ACT - 6 Nov 2025 by ConBoekel

Acripeza reticulata (Mountain Katydid) at Ballyroe, NSW - 28 Oct 2025 by TwoRivers

Caedicia simplex (Common Garden Katydid) at Richardson, ACT - 30 Oct 2025 by KaiDewPHD

Conocephalus semivittatus (Meadow katydid) at Bruce, ACT - 31 Oct 2025 by AlisonMilton

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Acton, ACT - 31 Oct 2025 by TimL

Anthophiloptera dryas at Laguna, NSW - 1 Nov 2025 by perronstreefrog

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Bruce, ACT - 31 Oct 2025 by AlisonMilton

Torbia viridissima (Gum Leaf Katydid) at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Conocephalus semivittatus (Meadow katydid) at Harrison, ACT - 22 Oct 2025 by Cheesey

Tettigoniidae (family) (Unidentified katydid) at Preston, VIC - 24 Oct 2025 by grasshopper15

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Csteele4 wrote:

33 min ago

@RogerF any ideas on this one? Can't work it out.

Unverified Katydid (Tettigoniidae)

RogerF wrote:

16 Nov 2025

Local hatching?

Torbia viridissima

RogerF wrote:

16 Nov 2025

ant mimic

Torbia viridissima

waltraud wrote:

14 Nov 2025

a nymph

Caedicia simplex

RogerF wrote:

4 Nov 2025

It seems to be missing one antenna, the white filament. I've never seen one as it is coastal from Cairns to Batemans Bay with very few scattered records.

Anthophiloptera dryas

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