When I was little, one of my Grandfather’s nicknames for me was “Katydid”, after the long-horned grasshoppers or crickets (in the family Tettigoniidae). Last week, I noticed a bright green insect half as long as my finger wandering around on the top of our laundry room door here in Willow Glen (San Jose, California). The katydid seemed as interested in me as I was in her…
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Those are lovely photos–nice post (as always) Mom!