Imagine you’re wandering through a lush rainforest in the Amazon, pushing aside dense leaves, stepping carefully over twisted roots, when suddenly you notice something bizarre staring right back at ...

A recent Journal of Orthoptera Research article describes two newly identified katydid species endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains. The study examined the morphology and acoustic behaviors ...

Most types of katydids are green and have markings to help them blend in with leaves and other foliage. Like crickets and grasshoppers, they have long back legs to help them jump. They can rub their ...

In the summers in Mississippi, there was an incredible night sound, along with many others, that meant “summer” to me. As I grew up, I realized that the sounds, especially the ONE, were katydids.

Over 100 million years ago, the chirps of insects known as katydids dominated the sounds of Earth’s nights. Now, fossils reveal what the katydid ears that heard those sounds looked like. Twenty-four ...

Male insects, such as crickets and katydids, create sounds by rubbing their wings together, a process called stridulation. The sounds of these insects, which have existed for millions of years, can be ...

Growing up in Mississippi, we did not have air conditioning or even fans, so at night all we heard were the night sounds. It was not until I became an adult living in the country that I heard the same ...

Teachers always know that the beginning of the school year is just around the corner when katydids start calling at night. By mid-August, these almost thumb-sized insects will be calling their ...