Black-legged Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum nigripes
Identification 5
This species is unique among Orchelimum in having dark, usually black, hind tibiae. The distal half of the middle and front legs is also black. The face is white with reddish eyes.
In rare individuals the black is reduced to just the front of the front legs and perhaps outer side of the hind tibiae, but the face is still white. See this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94471833
Resources 5
SINA: https://sina.orthsoc.org/262a.htm
Occurrence 5
Statewide.
Habitat 5
Wetland vegetation on the edges of water bodies like ponds or streams.
Sources and Credits
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- (c) Mike V.A. Burrell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike V.A. Burrell
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