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Good morning everyone here is this weeks extreme creature.
The Shield-Backed Katydid, know what a katydid is????????
If not it is a cricket, it is found in Australia throughout rain forests on the Cape York Peninsula. Why are they extreme, well they are 13cms long.
Katydids are very gentle creatures; if you find one and put together the right type of habitat, and feed it every day you can easily keep it as a pet!
Shield-backs do eat plants, and some are agricultural pests, but they are also scavengers on dead insects and are active predators, including on their brethren. They also eat fruit.
We have some pea-green ones, but not that big...
ReplyDeleteNever heard of them Jo-Anne, interesting.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of them, but didn't know anything about them. They're so huge I think I would shriek if I ever saw one in real life. LOL.
ReplyDeleteChris.........That big would stand out
ReplyDeleteMargaret.......Me either
Kea.......I would too
Interesting. Never seen or heard this before.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of the katydid, but didn't know what it was.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie