Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)

Order: Orthoptera (or-THOP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Tettigoniidae Genus: Caedicia Species: simplex (SIM-pleks) (Info) Profile: No positives 1 neutral 1 negative Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Bakersfield, California Casa De Oro-mount Helix, California San Diego, California Garden City, Idaho Dearborn Heights, Michigan Elizabeth City, North Carolina Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Negative bakersfieldmom On Sep 13, 2006, bakersfieldmom from Bakersfield, CA wrote: Green monster eats leaves off of my citrus, and anything else it lands on. Even my strawberry plants. Easy to see, since they are so big, so I pinch them between two leaves and throw them in the trash. Funny, I'm going to a gardening class and teacher said it was a grasshopper. No way. It is definately a green katydid. Neutral stocktonmark On Jun 20, 2007, stocktonmark from Stockton, CA wrote: I know that they're pests, and they do a number on my buddleia and nicotiana every spring, but I just find them so pretty that I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of foliage for now...

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