The scientific name of the katydid is the short-winged katydid, which belongs to the phylum Arthropoda. It is also known as brother, slug, katydid and katydid. It is widely distributed in China and many people like to raise it in small bamboo cages. , you can not only appreciate it, but also enjoy its crisp and loud calls, especially the male grasshopper, whose call will be louder. Grasshoppers prefer to eat some fruits and beans, so you can feed it some vegetable leaves, Grasshopper etc.

The ecological environment of the Grasshopper:

The Grasshopper is in the grass They live in environments such as forests and forests, and feed on the young leaves, flower buds and fruits of various plants. In our country, grasshoppers are mainly distributed in vast areas in the north, especially in Beijing, Hebei and Shandong. In the south, although there are other species of katydids, the katydid is still a summer insect unique to the north.

Morphological characteristics of the Grasshopper:

The male body of the Grasshopper 35-42 mm long, the female body is 40-50 mm long, the whole body is bright green or yellow-green, the head is large, the face is almost straight, the antennae are brown, filamentous, longer than the body, the compound eyes are oval, and the front and back are The plates are well developed, covering the middle and posterior thorax, and are shield-shaped. The texture of the forewings is brown. Male insects have short wings and sound organs. Female insects only have wing buds. There is a sword-shaped ovipositor at the end of the abdomen, which is about the front of the thorax. It is 2.5 times as long as the plate. There is a hearing organ at the base of the forefoot cavity segments. There are short black spines on the lower edges of the leg segments of the three pairs of feet, which are serrated. The hind feet are well developed and good at jumping. There are often brown longitudinal halo lines on the legs.