Caedicia simplex

Common Garden Katydid at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW

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Identification history

	Caedicia simplex	25 Jan 2020	KimPullen
	Unverified	15 Jan 2020	gerringongTB

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User's notes

Dark red insect, like a grasshopper, on rose bloom. There were 6 in all, each on a different bloom. Looks to me like an immature version of something.

3 comments

KimPullen wrote:

25 Jan 2020

Immature.

gerringongTB wrote:

25 Jan 2020

I take it that the mature Katydid is green.

KimPullen wrote:

8 Aug 2020

Yes, the young ones are variable but adults are nearly always green.

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Location information

Sighting information

6 Abundance
10 Jan 2018 10:57 AM Recorded on
gerringongTB Recorded by
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gerringongTB South Coast NatureMapr Caedicia simplex Katydids (Tettigoniidae) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Species information

Caedicia simplex Scientific name
Common Garden Katydid Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1588m Recorded at altitude
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