Short-winged Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus brevipennis)
A green singer that gave up long wings On August 28, a bright green katydid was gripping a plant stem near the senior school in …
Jumping Bush Cricket (Hapithus saltator)
A brown cricket that leaps from the leaves after dark On August 26, at the Shady Side Academy Senior School campus in Fox Chapel, a …
日本钟蟋 (Meloimorpha japonica)
A small black cricket that rings like a bell It sat on the rim of a blue plastic bottle cap, perfectly still, as if it …
优雅蝈螽 (Gampsocleis gratiosa)
The great green singer of northern China Among green leaves, a large katydid sat in plain sight, trusting its colour to hide it. It was …
花萤属 (Cantharis sp.)
A soft-bodied beetle in soldier colours Black with orange markings on the head and thorax, this beetle looked like a small soldier in uniform. Its …
双突尖头大蚊 (Brithura nymphica)
The harmless giant of the fly world At first glance it looks like a mosquito with ambitions: a large, slender body and legs so long …
东北白蜡蝉 (Limois kikuchii)
Waxy wings and a taste for sap It held its wings like a little tent, patterned and translucent, looking more like a small moth than …
草螽亚科 (Conocephalinae)
Small green heads in the grass Hidden among green stems, these little katydids were easy to walk past. They were small, slender and green, with …
Species composition shifts with season: nocturnal insect surveys in Medog, SE Tibet
Two short expeditions to Medog County, SE Tibet: 4 field days in August 2024 against 7 field days in June–July 2026. Records rose 2.4×, but the per-day discovery rate barely moved — and only 4 of 59 species-level taxa were shared between the two seasons.