Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)
| Order: | Orthoptera (or-THOP-ter-a) (Info) |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Caedicia |
| Species: | simplex (SIM-pleks) (Info) |
Regional
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Members' Notes:
| Rating | Content |
|---|---|
| Neutral | On Feb 21, 2017, cybercrone from Dundas,, ON (Zone 5b) wrote: Odd how names of things change with your geographical location. Up here we commonly call those things leaf-hoppers and 'katydid' is another name for cicada. |
| Neutral | 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... |
| Negative | 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. |
