• March 28, 2024

Guy Spots Strange Creature He’s Never Seen. When He Touches It He Is Left In Awe [VIDEO]

A lot of times the word insect brings creepy crawly things that buzz around and annoy us to mind. But some of the most spectacular organisms in nature are members of the insect family. From dragonflies to praying mantises, nature has found some pretty amazing ways for life to solve the problems that get thrown at it.

Well, we just found a marvelous video of a rare mountain katydid. In this clip, a hiker gently touches the unassuming creature and all of a sudden it reveals its true magnificence. You are going to amazed when you watch this wonderful video, and best of all, you did not need to go out into nature yourself to see it.

Katydids make up a subfamily of the insect world called tettigoniidae, of which there are more than sixty-four hundred known species. Also called bush crickets, they are mostly nocturnal.

These remarkable insects are found on every continent except Antarctica. While almost a third of all species of katydids live in the tropical rain forests of Central and South America, some two hundred and fifty-five species can be found in the United States and North America.

Many species of katydid resemble small grasshoppers but are easily differentiated by their extremely long antennae. Others could easily be mistaken for leaves on a tree on blades of grass. However, some like this rare mountain katydid, have extremely colorful markings.

Most katydids eat leaves, flowers, seeds, and bark, but some have been known to eat small snails, other insects, and small snakes and lizards.

Larger katydids can inflict a painful bite to humans, however, they can not break skin.

 

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