What is this on this bug? Southern Kentucky
Posted Jul 10, 2018, 12:27 AM UTC
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It looks like a katydid, but the head shape is rather odd, like it's swollen or infected by some kind of fungus. This bug when uninfected is harmless but can bite you if you stress it out, but with the thing on it's head like that it may not have much longer to live.
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I've found a similar looking case here. This may be the katydid's stomach everting through a crack in between the head and thorax as a result of injury.
Well god diddly damn, that’s disturbing.
Good lord.
Y i k e s
Here’s a picture from a different angle, I think you’re right.
https://imgur.com/a/KTmeDf3