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melvynyeo — Forest floor Katydid
Published: 2011-08-11 17:33:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1784; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 92
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Not much information on these guys except they are found on the forest floor and low branches, never on green leaf. I guess that's why they are reddish in color
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Its a female they use it to lay the eggs in dirt or sand
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Aah, an ovipositor.
Looks nasty though
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Awesome focus! What lens did you use for this?
stunning
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Thanks!
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Do you know what the spiky protrusion above the ovipositor is?
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That is Cerci.
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Cerci (singular cercus) are paired appendages on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and arachnids but not crustaceans. Cerci often serve as sensory organs, but they may also be used as weapons or copulation aids, or they may simply be vestigial structures.
Typical cerci may appear to be jointed and hair-like, but they can take very different forms. Earwigs and some diplurans have large, stout pincer-like cerci. Crickets have particularly long cerci while other insects have cerci that are too small to be noticeable. Some insects such as mayflies have an accompanying third tail filament which extends from the tip of the abdomen. Aphids have tube-like cornicles or siphunculi that are sometimes mistaken for cerci.
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Interesting. Thanks very much!
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Wow it has huge eyes. And it's a female, but I bet you already know
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Haha, infact, i didn't know hahaha
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