Sydney Gumleaf Katydid, Terpandrus horridus

Plate 109. The Great Green Gum-tree Grasshopper, Locusta vigentissima (now known as Terpandrus sp.)

PZ 109 - Illustration - Sydney Gumleaf Katydid, Terpandrus horridus by John James Wild

This fine Grasshopper is not very uncommon on gum-trees everywhere in Victoria, the male making a loud shrilling noise in summer. It has not been figured before.

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