Giant Malaysian katydid
The giant Malaysian katydid is a huge green insect that looks just like a big leaf. It has long, thin legs and long wings shaped like leaves. It is the biggest katydid in the whole world.
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Fun facts
It sings with its wings. It rubs a bumpy edge on one wing against a scraper on the other wing.
As it gets older, the tips of its wings turn brown like an old, rotting leaf. The more brown, the older it is.
It throws its poop as far away as it can, often into the next bush, so hungry animals cannot find it by smell.
Its loud chirp can scare away animals that want to eat it.
The mother lays her eggs in moss or rotting wood. The grown-up katydid lives for about 6 months.
Most asked questions about Giant Malaysian katydid
?How big is the giant Malaysian katydid?
On average about 15 centimetres long, as long as a pencil. It is the biggest katydid in the world.
?How can you tell a male from a female?
Females have a green shield behind the head, while males have a brown one. Females also have a long egg laying tube.
?How does it stay safe?
It looks like a leaf, keeps still, and throws its poop far away so enemies cannot smell where it is.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Arachnacris corporalis
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Giant long-legged katydid, Giant katydid
Where the facts come from
- Arachnacris corporalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by NasserHalaweh. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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