Reader Mark Sturtevant sent a “spot the katydid” photo (click to enlarge). He notes that “I am pretty sure [the readers] can since they are amazingly good at these sorts of things.”
Okay, give it a try. Reveal at 11 Chicago time:
Spot the katydid!
August 23, 2017 • 9:00 am
No idea. Even when zooming in.
Took until the third scan over the maximally embiggened photo. Eventually the legs gave it away. But this one was hard.
Same here. It would have been attached if a leaf instead of connected to the legs resting on the branch.
Excellent! Nice one, Mark. The challenging ones are the most satisfying, when you finally spot it. There’s a grasshopper, too. Did anyone find it?
I got it! It is a red-legged hopper. I am not surprised since this field has a huge population of Orthopterans, comprising at least 7 different species of grasshoppers alone.
I spotted the grasshopper early on. The katydid was a real challenge.
I finally just found it and got all excited. Thanks for this!