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Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States
This slender species deserves its name; it is a strikingly attractive insect. Face is quite slanted; hind legs are especially long and slender. Antennae, though generally thread-like, are slightly expanded at the tip in males. Hind tibiae are brownish or grayish. Pronotum bears small ridges laterally, which are marked by white stripes. Lateral ridges are constricted slightly near the middle of the pronotum. A broad brown stripe usually extends from the front of the head to the posterior margin of the pronotum. General body color ranges from mostly brown to mostly green, but some males tend toward blackish. The most distinctive feature is the pattern on the forewings. The leading edge of the forewing (ventral surface when wings are closed) is green or grayish, whereas the trailing edge is brown to black. These contrasting colors meet in a wavy or crenulate pattern that immediately distinguishes females. Some males, however, have the forewings marked with discrete spots rather than a crenulate design, or are almost entirely dark. The sexes differ markedly in size. Males are 22-31 mm long, females 35-49 mm.
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