Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex)

32-Spotted Katydids (E. froggatti, maculata & trigintiduoguttata) at Copmanhurst, NSW

Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
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Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex) 3 Jun 2025 RogerF
Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (Complex) 2 Jun 2025 DiBickers
Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata 2 Jun 2025 MazzV

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This is similar to many of my previously logged katydids, in shape only. The colourings and distributions of markings are very different, and the antennae, whilst long, do not appear longer than the folded wings. The feet are orange, and immediately above, on both sides of the next joint, the legs & the joints are a dark red-brown. Apart from any colouration at the joints, the legs are mostly a green brown, except for some light brown marks on the rear leg sections, and the nearest-to-body section of the forelegs, which are mostly a pale to mid-tan. There are spines on the rear legs that appear to extend the colour of the part of the leg they are attached to, most of the time. There are dark several short dark red-brown marks on the sides of the wings, starting at their dorsal ridge and running briefly perpendicular to that ridge. There are similar, but shorter and mostly paler marks rising from the bottom edge of the wings. The wings have a netted texture, presumably from veins being prominent. There is an interesting saddle-like flap over the thorax that hangs down either side. This is yellow, and it has a tan mark in the centre becoming a paler brown towards the back, and is partly flanked by black at the front-sides and the rear side. From it starts a broad, bright tan stripe running from front to back along the dorsal centre, tapering as it gets closer to the central dorsal ridge that formsjust above the end of the abdomen. I suspect this might be a spotted katydid, (Ephippitytha trigintiduogutatta), or a close relative.

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