Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana)
I'm sure you guys are getting sick of seeing these, but as the weather gets colder, the opportunities for an insect macro photographer dry up quite a bit...
I rarely see the Mexican Bush Katydids eating anything. I saw them before at work and they were eating shriveled up yellow flowers, I have no idea the name. Now, years later I caught a couple eating the wilted flowers on my Mother's Pineapple Sage plant. They have been congregating on this plant for a few months now. Starting off as tiny nymphs and growing into adolescents/adults. I've tried looking into what they like, where they live, what they eat, but there doesn't seem to be a ton of information. I live within' driving distance of the University of California Riverside (UCR), and their amazing entomology department. I need to just drive out there and talk to someone.
Pineapple Sage: www.motherearthliving.com/plant-profile/herb-to-know-pine...
Mexican Bush Katydid: bugguide.net/node/view/88162
Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana)
I'm sure you guys are getting sick of seeing these, but as the weather gets colder, the opportunities for an insect macro photographer dry up quite a bit...
I rarely see the Mexican Bush Katydids eating anything. I saw them before at work and they were eating shriveled up yellow flowers, I have no idea the name. Now, years later I caught a couple eating the wilted flowers on my Mother's Pineapple Sage plant. They have been congregating on this plant for a few months now. Starting off as tiny nymphs and growing into adolescents/adults. I've tried looking into what they like, where they live, what they eat, but there doesn't seem to be a ton of information. I live within' driving distance of the University of California Riverside (UCR), and their amazing entomology department. I need to just drive out there and talk to someone.
Pineapple Sage: www.motherearthliving.com/plant-profile/herb-to-know-pine...
Mexican Bush Katydid: bugguide.net/node/view/88162