Katydid

 Do you know what Katydid do?

Well it flew by me and around me a gazillion times.

Not once, I being a buggy person, was able to capture it on camera.

Fast little bug!!

Until.........

...........flew in, Mr. Bug Eater himself!

Then it was my chance to watch and click.

This is how the story goes.

He chased him, caught him by one leg and flipped him.

 

Katydid got away from him and hid under a chair.....that's when the hobbyist photographer jumped in an captured a few.

 

After a few captures on my part, and Katydid getting tired of hiding (no doubt he was aware of my presence) he walked out from his hiding place.  

 

Guess who was still hanging around?

I did not get a chance to capture the action, both of them were quick as quick can be. But the Mr. Bug Eater caught up with Katydid and within seconds the chow was gone 😶

 Some facts:

Katydids are masters of disguise. If you look carefully at their wings, you will notice how closely the delicate network of veins resembles veins of a leaf. This deception and their green coloration surely help them avoid detection by birds, reptiles, and other hungry predators that would find them a tasty treat (obviously not in this case).

 

Like other members of the Orthoptera clan such as crickets katydids produce sound with their forewings. One wing bears a structure called the scraper, which is pulled across a complementary structure called the file on the other forewing. The resultant vibrations produce a wonderful song with which the six-legged troubadour woos his mate. The female katydid hears the song of the male through small openings, ears if you like, on her front legs. The sound enters through the slits and is amplified in a hornlike chamber within the leg. A membrane inside acts much like our eardrum and captures the sound. Sensory cells attached to the membrane pickup these vibrations and the female katydid’s tiny brain decides if he’s giving her good vibrations or not.