July 3, 2022

I am a Wingless Meadow Katydid

I have small simple eyes called ocelli

I eat plants in the Xyris genus

And I have ridiculously long antennae. 

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://eol.org/pages/502614

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

December 11, 2020

I am a Wingless Meadow Katydid

Though my name is a misnomer

I do have little, tiny wings,

But to see them, you'll have to look closer.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://bugguide.net/node/view/96217

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson