The males have song-producing, or stridulating, organs located on their front wings. The song serves a function in courtship, which occurs in late summer. Newly hatched katydids resemble the adults except for their smaller size and lack of wings.
Katydids are common in the E United States and are also found in the tropics.
They are classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta, order Orthoptera, suborder Ensifera, family Tettigoniidae. Licensed from Columbia University Press.