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Greater anglewing katydid! 🤩Microcentrum rhombifolium male, the guy who makes that tick-tick-ticking sound in the trees at dusk in these parts (midwest USA). Splendid leaf mimic and a local native insect 💚
Large leaf-mimic green katydid climbing a wooden fence at dusk
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Microcentrum rhombifolium… greater angle-wing katydid
Photo by me of a green katydid that resembles a broad green leaf; perched on a the side of a building with white siding, just below a window
December 6, 2024 at 1:16 AM
luxomancer.bsky.social
It is day 3 and the frogs still have not realized I am not one of them...

The Lesser Anglewing #Katydid, #Microcentrum retinerve, a Squirrel Treefrog, #Dryophytes squirrellus, and a small beetle (probably Sternidius mimeticus ) all hanging out

#Invertefest meets #Vertefest
A large angular winged green katydid rests just behind a green treefrog which is tucked vertically against the siding while a very small beetle with long antennae is just to its right.
August 29, 2024 at 7:19 PM
artsulselva.bsky.social
For what it’s worth iNaturalist agrees with the ID above (Microcentrum retinerve)
December 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
biobabbler.bsky.social
This California angel-winged katydid (Microcentrum californicum) says good morning!!😍

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A very green katydid stands on a french door, outside, with front legs resting on the rounded lock mechanism. It looks very like a green leaf with very long back legs. It has two yellowish eyes at the front of its squared of head, and very long, thin antennae (barely visible). Same katydid, as seen from inside the house, photo if its underside as it rests on the clear glass portion of the french door. From this angle you can see mouthparts and its exceedingly long, delicate, slightly arching antennae. The green of its abdomen has a more blue-green hue than its purely green back.
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
tjalamont.bsky.social
A #TBT pic for #InverteFest - a newly-hatched angle-wing katydid (Microcentrum sp.) on my fingertip. I don't put myself in the picture that often, but sometimes it's fun for scale. Antennae for days. 🐙 🌿
A macro photo of a tiny, newly-hatched green katydid perched on a fingertip against a blue-green background.
April 25, 2024 at 9:59 PM
luxomancer.bsky.social
Katydid WHAT?! 😂

Lesser Angle-winged #Katydid, Microcentrum retinerve.

Note: there is not much "Lesser" about this katydid friend, it's easily 6cm+ (2.5) inches long!

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A photo of a large green katydid taken from the side. The Katydid is leaf shaped, the body growing wider from the head, then tapering (the taper is at an obtuse angle on the top of the wing giving it its name) towards a sharp point at the tip of the katydid's wings. The veins on the wings and markings on the body are also very leaf-like. The hind legs are large and help the katydid jump into flight, which it does well. The head is tilted towards the photographer and has just a bit of red at the mandibles.
August 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
luxomancer.bsky.social
Today's planned #invertefest moth Monday Moth Madness post has been delayed by an outbreak of Wifi gremlins 😮. So here is a Lesser Anglewing #Katydid ( #Microcentrum retinerve)on some Burnweed ( Erechtites hieraciifolius) instead!

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A large, brilliant green katydid resting on the spent dandelion-like seed heads of a Burnweed plant.
August 26, 2024 at 1:27 PM
wiseposter.bsky.social
ironically i believe the insect has a genus that is so similar to a retailer that all the results are diluted, "microcentrum"
wiseposter.bsky.social nathan @wiseposter.bsky.social · Sep 10
if you want to really feel how far the internet has fallen, try search to ID a frog or bug sound you are hearing at night in the outdoors
September 10, 2024 at 7:13 AM
arthropodabbey.bsky.social
Saw this gorgeous man land in front of our car in the intersection at a red light last night. My partner held traffic as the light turned green while I was dashing out to save him. Male Microcentrum rhombifolium, he sang outside my window after he was released in my yard 😍🥰🥬🎶
A katydid from the front A katydids face Side view of a katydid A side view of a katydid on a wooden surface
July 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ibnturab.bsky.social
Greater anglewing katydid nymph with erythrism, Microcentrum rhombifolium, Tettingoniidae
from: www.tumblr.com/onenicebugpe...

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Amazing world!!
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
luxomancer.bsky.social
I have seen those infrequently (we get more Microcentrum rhombifolium here in S. Georgia), such magnificent chonks! We get the
March 6, 2024 at 2:28 AM
wolpard.bsky.social
Never seen a big ass katydid at my house before wtf

Angel wing (Microcentrum sp)
September 10, 2023 at 6:55 AM
bugpix.bsky.social
A Broad-Winged Katydid (Microcentrum Rhombifolium) seen downtown.

#entomology #insect #katydid
Photo; nearly head-on view of a green and leafy katydid, striking a pose. It's very poorly camouflaged against a red wall.
November 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
luxomancer.bsky.social
I love katydids, they are often as curious about be as I am about them and these sorts of awesome portraits are not uncommon 😻

#Microcentrum retinerve, the Lesser Angle-winged #Katydid, September 2021.

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A photo of the face of a bright green katydid it's face and body tilted as it looks at the camera. The katydid's eyes are green with reddish-brown shading, the face around the mandibles is creamy yellow, most of the body and legs are a grass green. The Katydid's ears, located just below the first joint of each leg are visible as brown areas with a narrow dark line in the middle.
February 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
luxomancer.bsky.social
Some #macromonday favorites.
1. Greater Anglewinged Katydid, #Microcentrum rhombifolium
2 Morning Glory flower, #Ipomea species
3. Candle Flame #macro
4. Great Blue Skimmer, #Libellua vibrans

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A brilliant green, Greater Angle-winged Katydid stares at the camera A macro photo of a morning glory flower, white pollen laden stamens emerge from an intensely purple central flower that fades to pale violet to the left. A macro Photo of a burning candle wick. Tiny glowing orange embers line the dark wick, which is surrounded by blue flame to the left and bright yellow flame on the right. The face of the Great Blue Skimmer dragonfly, featuring it’s intense blue eyes. This is a 3 shot focus stack.
July 3, 2023 at 11:45 AM
lagartixa.bsky.social
Microcentrum sp. Macho adulto
#katydid #esperança #Phaneropterinae #Tettigoniidae #insetos #insects #entomology #entomologia
November 30, 2024 at 4:06 AM
pumpkinspicenoun.bsky.social
Pumpkin Spice Genus Microcentrum
September 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
arcanigon.bsky.social
Funny lookin leaf
Greater angle wing katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium) on some mulch and leaves
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
itsdannyfly.bsky.social
Some moar bugs!
Broad-winged Katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium) and Plains Cicada (Megatibicen dealbatus) Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) anf Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus) and Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina) Cottonwood Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela scripta) and Woodlouse Spider (Dysdera crocata)
May 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
mossynewt.bsky.social
Greater anglewing nymph, Microcentrum rhombifolium on box elder, Acer negundo leaflet. It's almost unbelievable that by the late summer this little nymph will become a huge katydid.
June 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
aumnh.bsky.social
🍃#DYK katydids are masters of disguise?

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✨Lesser Anglewing (Microcentrum retinerve)
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
petraspiess.bsky.social
I love these broad-winged katydids (Microcentrum rhombifolium.) In September you hear them clicking in trees but damn if I can ever find one when I look. Only see them when they just happen to be hanging out on like, a chair or something. The mimicry of leaf veins on their bodies is amazing.
Large green bug that exactly mimics a leaf called broad winged katydid. They make a clicking noise in trees in September. North American species.
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM
luxomancer.bsky.social
That looks like a Lesser Anglewing #Katydid, Microcentrum retinerve (the pronotum, the area just behind the head lacks a small tooth-like structure which differentiates it from the Greater Anglewing) , one of the larger katydids in the Eastern U.S. 😁
December 15, 2024 at 7:31 PM
elisnativeplants.bsky.social
Angel-winged Katydid (genus Microcentrum, sp?) on our Common Evening Primrose. I was thrilled and curious, and the poor thing tolerated my many photographs, then flew over and landed on my shirt. Whoops!

#nativeplants #insects #ecoregion59
A close up of a Katydid with large leaf-like wings, on a leaf.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM