Olive-green Coastal Katydid

Austrosalomona falcata · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

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Olive-green Coastal Katydid
Photo: Steve Kerr, CC BY

It lives in urban gardens, rural areas and grassy woodlands, and is native to eastern Australia but has been introduced to New Zealand. It feeds on flowers and fruits.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Austrosalomona falcata is the scientific name of the olive-green coastal katydid.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in urban gardens, rural areas and grassy woodlands.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Its diet consists of flowers and fruits.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is eastern Australia, and it has been introduced to New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Olive-green Coastal Katydid photo 3
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where does the olive-green coastal katydid live?

It lives in urban gardens, rural areas and grassy woodlands in eastern Australia and has been introduced to New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

What does the olive-green coastal katydid eat?

It feeds on flowers and fruits.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Tettigoniidae)

Great Green Bush-cricketGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaCan biteDark Bush-cricketDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraMediterranean KatydidMediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsFork-tailed Bush KatydidFork-tailed Bush KatydidScudderia furcataDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpeckled Bush-cricketSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrosalomona_falcata

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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