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[jpowell86]

Beautiful! I'm so darned jealous!!!

Thank you! I really like this species.

 

[kinyonga]

Me too!

 

[Nursemaia]

You have odd katydids. That's not what we call call katydids in Delaware. Awesome video either way

 

[jpowell86]

You have odd katydids. That's not what we call call katydids in Delaware. Awesome video either way

We have many species of katydids here. That is just the kind that come out the earliest.

 

[Nursemaia]

Our katydids come out late, they're big and green. They drive my chams crazy. I'm going to breed them this summer along with grasshoppers

 

[jpowell86]

Our katydids come out late, they're big and green. They drive my chams crazy. I'm going to breed them this summer along with grasshoppers

These are some of the ones we have here.

This is the kind my chams go nuts for:

 

[Nursemaia]

You have the best bugs! I only have the katydid pictured last and yes my chams go nuts for them. It's a good thing I live in the woods because otherwise I would look like a crazy woman standing on my front porch sometimes pantsless catching them. I've looked at how to breed them and it seems pretty easy so I'm looking forward to when they come out this summer

 

[Nursemaia]

It's fun when you catch a whole bunch at night and put them in with your chams and then they get to wake up to them in the morning. It's a nice surprise for them and my panther won't even wait until he warms up to to start eating them. He can't wait

 

[jajeanpierre]

He is doing fantastic. @jajeanpierre is infatuated with him! Here is a video of him hunting a katydid. It was hilarious because he missed and hit the antennae....but still got him. I was impressed.

He's much prettier in real life, Joel. Yes, he is one pretty pretty boy.

 

[jajeanpierre]

These are some of the ones we have here.

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This is the kind my chams go nuts for:

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Uh, Joel, what's the katydid in the fifth picture? How big is that one???? I have some big red ones that will chase me making their threatening sounds. They are scary things.

 

[Dragon1516]

He's much prettier in real life, Joel. Yes, he is one pretty pretty boy.

Yes he really is a picture doesn't do him justice. Im glad you guys are working with him. Now get me some babies lol.

 

[jpowell86]

Uh, Joel, what's the katydid in the fifth picture? How big is that one???? I have some big red ones that will chase me making their threatening sounds. They are scary things.

Remember last year when I was at your house and I said there was a particular katydid species I was wanting to get? I found a handful of them on your back deck. That is the same species. They are monsters.

I don't know if I ever told you, but that wasn't a successful bug trip for me. I ended up putting the katydids in that small reptibreeze on my drive home. That one asshole katydid ate all the other ones in that cage on the way home. Some he just literally cut in half. I was so mad.

 

[jpowell86]

Yes he really is a picture doesn't do him justice. Im glad you guys are working with him. Now get me some babies lol.

Working on it!

 

[jajeanpierre]

Remember last year when I was at your house and I said there was a particular katydid species I was wanting to get? I found a handful of them on your back deck. That is the same species. They are monsters.

I don't know if I ever told you, but that wasn't a successful bug trip for me. I ended up putting the katydids in that small reptibreeze on my drive home. That one asshole katydid ate all the other ones in that cage on the way home. Some he just literally cut in half. I was so mad.

Is that the one that has a red phase? The red ones even scared the chickens. They rear up and come at you. Scary.

How big is that lizard-eating monster?

 

[Nursemaia]

Is that the one that has a red phase? The red ones even scared the chickens. They rear up and come at you. Scary.

How big is that lizard-eating monster?

Asshole lizard eating bugs are even better!