{"id":3625,"date":"2008-09-29T20:03:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T02:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2008-09-29T20:03:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T02:03:23","slug":"beautiful-photos-of-katydids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/beautiful-photos-of-katydids\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Photos of Katydids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-pink-wet-flower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3626\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-pink-wet-flower.jpg\" alt=\"A Katydid on a wet flower\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>Katydids visited our back porch on the past several weekends. The way their bodies were designed to look like leaves impressed me, and also made me think about how much of a conundrum these insects are. In fact, it made very confused as to my beliefs in evolution and god. In the end I suppose that the concepts are compatible. But what a marvel to see something designed to be so camouflaged as a katydid.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katydid\" target=\"_blank\">looking on Wikipedia<\/a>, I learned that there are approximately 6,400 species of katydids around the world. I wanted to see more of these fascinating insects, and so I searched for photos on Flickr. What you see here are some of the more beautiful and interesting photos I found, combined with several of my own.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Photo Credit: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chdwckvnstrsslhm\/165975298\/\" target=\"_blank\">chdwckvnstrsslhm on Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons <\/a>license<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-my-pants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3627 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-my-pants.jpg\" alt=\"A Katydid on my pants\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> \u00a9 Levi T. Novey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-blue-flower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3628 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-blue-flower.jpg\" alt=\"Katydid on Blue Flower\" width=\"363\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aussiegall\/515934210\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aussiegall on Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons<\/a> license<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-with-water-drop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3629\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-with-water-drop.jpg\" alt=\"A katydid with a water drop\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shekgraham\/300053772\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shek_Graham on Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons<\/a> license<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-purple-pink-flower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3630\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-on-purple-pink-flower.jpg\" alt=\"Katydid on Purple-Pink Flower\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/orinrobertjohn\/116972415\/\" target=\"_blank\">Orin Optiglot on Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons <\/a>license<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-with-eyes-wide-open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3631\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-with-eyes-wide-open.jpg\" alt=\"Katydid with Eyes Wide Open\" width=\"500\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> \u00a9 Levi T. Novey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/a-cone-headed-katydid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3632\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/a-cone-headed-katydid.jpg\" alt=\"A cone-headed katydid\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/25422805@N05\/2396955871\/\" target=\"_blank\">emills1 on Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons <\/a>license<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-by-pool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3634\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-by-pool.jpg\" alt=\"Katydid by pool\" width=\"499\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Katydid_tx.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-nymph-on-yellow-flower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3633\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/09\/katydid-nymph-on-yellow-flower.jpg\" alt=\"Katydid Nymph on Yellow Flower\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo Credit: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jamesjordan\/2580439165\/\" target=\"_blank\">James Jordan on Flickr <\/a>under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons<\/a> license<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katydids visited our back porch on the past several weekends. 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