Article: A katydid makes itself at home (ours).(The Home Forum)

Insects occasionally invade our home, and our customary response is "Now you've gotten yourself just a little too close, Mister. Out you go!" But the pale spring-green katydid who mysteriously showed up in our kitchen last week has been cordially invited to stay. This relative of crickets and grasshoppers isn't an invader. He's a house guest!

He may have entered during that minute I left the screen door open last Monday. I went out to briefly water the chrysanthemums. But it's possible he slipped in through the crack that has developed in our doorjamb. Anyway, he's here, and we've been worrying about his meals.

What do katydids eat? Oh yes, leaves ...

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