The huge females are ravenous during the breeding season, and due to this, large palm fronds are regularly falling. To be safe, we are making the kids wear their bike helmets while playing on the lawn.
The adult females usually remain high up in the palms, and only come to the ground to lay their eggs. Their ovipositing will certainly eliminate any need to aerate the lawn this year.
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| This female came down with the falling frond. Her powerful mandibles had cut through the woody stem with ease. |
Scary katydids? Wow! I would never have believed it if it wasn't from the most trusted source on minibeasts on the planet.
ReplyDeleteYou should know by now not to believe me on April 1st though Lynne!
Deletenot so-minibeats in this case. do you have some closer up shots of these katydids?
ReplyDeleteI did have but the digital files self destructed on April 2nd ;)
DeleteI really cannot believe my eyes, I have never seen such large species before.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering why Segestja cheqthadai cannot be found in other Google reference.
You need to look at the date - we posted it on April 1st as an April Fools joke ;)
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