The 30 Most Beautiful Insects in the World
Broad-Winged Katydid
An enchanting insect, the broad-winged katydid resembles a leaf.
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This insect joins the list of beautiful bugs because of its color which is the fresh, bright green of a new leaf. Indeed, the shape and color of this katydid’s body causes it to all but disappear as it rests on a leaf, and its favorite habitats are meadows and in the vegetation that grows alongside roads and railroad tracks. As a member of the Microcentrum genus, it has a compressed body and an angle to its wings that makes its shape especially pleasing. Like their distant relative the grasshopper, the katydid has long back legs that allow it to leap several times the length of its own body, but it can also fly. The broad-winged katydid is mostly found in the southern United States.
An enchanting insect, the broad-winged katydid resembles a leaf.
Dave Hansche/Shutterstock.com
This insect joins the list of beautiful bugs because of its color which is the fresh, bright green of a new leaf. Indeed, the shape and color of this katydid’s body causes it to all but disappear as it rests on a leaf, and its favorite habitats are meadows and in the vegetation that grows alongside roads and railroad tracks. As a member of the Microcentrum genus, it has a compressed body and an angle to its wings that makes its shape especially pleasing. Like their distant relative the grasshopper, the katydid has long back legs that allow it to leap several times the length of its own body, but it can also fly. The broad-winged katydid is mostly found in the southern United States.
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02 March 2023
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