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Neobarrettia spinosa, also known as the greater arid-land katydid, red eyed katydid (or red eyed devil), or giant Texas katydid, is a species of katydid native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [1]
Neobarrettia spinosa inhabits oak-juniper woodlands and arid-land deserts with mesquites or other brushes.
Neobarrettia spinosa is a carnivorous insect. It stalks through the underbrush and consumes grasshoppers, other katydids, caterpillars, small frogs, lizards, and any other small animal it can overpower. It is a known predator of the endangered songbird, Vireo atricapilla . [2] These animals present a threat posture when under attack, and will defend with a powerful bite and strong kick.
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids, or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 6,400 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
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The roadrunners, also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern and south-central United States and Mexico, usually in the desert. Although capable of flight, roadrunners generally run away from predators. On the ground, some have been clocked at 32 km/h (20 mph) while a few have also been clocked up to 43 km/h (27 mph).
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The greater stick-nest rat, also known as the house-building rat and wopilkara is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. They are about the size of a small rabbit and construct large nests of interwoven sticks. Once widespread across southern Australia, the population was reduced after European colonisation to a remnant outpost on South Australia's Franklin Islands. The species has since been reintroduced to a series of protected and monitored areas, with varying levels of success.
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Pterochroza ocellata, the peacock katydid, is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae. The species is a leaf-mimic katydid; when it is in repose its camouflage resembles a diseased or dead leaf. The katydid owes both its common name and its specific epithet to its startle display, in which it shows false eye spots on its normally hidden hind wings.
Taeniopoda eques, the western horse lubber grasshopper, is a relatively large grasshopper species of the family Romaleidae found in the arid lower Sonoran life zone of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Northern populations are identifiable by their shiny black bodies and black and yellow reticulated forewings. Some southern populations are yellow in the adult stage. The species is unique in using its black coloration to thermoregulate and in being chemically defended. The aposematic coloration warns vertebrate predators of its unpalatability and allows the grasshopper to roost conspicuously upon desert shrubs.
Panoploscelis is a genus of very large insects belonging to the true katydid tribe Eucocconotini, which is a subfamily of the katydids. Like the other members of the suborder Ensifera, Panoploscelis are part of the insect order Orthoptera, which also contains crickets, grasshoppers and locusts. Members of this genus are among the largest katydids of the Neotropics.
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Neobarrettia victoriae, the lesser arid-land katydid, is a species of spiny predatory katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Neobarrettia is a genus of spiny predatory katydids in the family Tettigoniidae.
Orchelimum concinnum, known generally as stripe-faced meadow katydid, is a species of meadow katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. Other common names include the red-faced meadow katydid and dusky-faced meadow katydid. It is found in North America and the Caribbean.
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