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I captured this photograph of a\u00a0Fork Tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcate) sitting on a Blackfoot Daisy yesterday morning in my front yard. I noticed that some flowers were blooming in the undeveloped area and I walked over to see what they were. To my surprise I spotted this very colorful nymph sitting on the flower so I ran in and got my macro gear so I could photograph it. I used the manual focus stack technique that I used to capture the\u00a0spider on the Buffalo Bur<\/a>\u00a0that I wrote about yesterday. There was a breeze which made it difficult to create a perfect stack.<\/p>\n

Katydids get their name from the sound of the chirps they make. It is akin to someone calling “Katy-did, Katy-didn’t” and that became how thy were recognized. The Fork Tailed Bush Katydid male as a split “tail” at the end of its abdomen. This physical feature became part of its name. Katydids are very small insects. As a point of reference, this Blackfoot Daisy measured about 5\/8″ in diameter. Katydids have excellent eyesight and when startled can hide behind leaves quickly. This was evident when I went back to measure the plant. It ran and hid behind the flower as I got near the flower with the ruler. This particular species is a pest on citrus groves. They nibble on the rind, which ruins the fruit.<\/p>\n

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Fork Tailed Bush Katydid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This image was taken with my\u00a0Canon EOS 5DS<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0Canon EF 180mm f\/3.5 Macro Lens<\/a>. The camera was set on Aperture Priority\u00a0mode with the aperture set at f\/8, shutter speed at 1\/100th of a second and the ISO set at 400. I did not use a flash to light the subject. I captured three\u00a0images using manual focus stacking (manually adjusting the focus). I brought the images into a single image using Photoshop.\u00a0I then used Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro to finalize\u00a0the image.<\/p>\n

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