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1. The Katydid

2. The Amazon Rainforest Receives about 6 ft. 7 in. of rain per year. The layers are the overstory, canopy, understory, shrub layer, and forest floor. It is located in the upper section of Brazil. The katydid is located in the understory layer.

3. Home Sweet Home Their scientific name is Tettigoniid. Katydids are most common in the Amazon, but can also be found in your local park! It is nocturnal. It ranges from 1-5 inches. It weighs only a few ounces.

4. Team Work The katydid eats leaves on the rainforest floor, cleaning up the ground just slightly, on nibble at a time. The katydid is a big part of the food chain.

5. Friends and Enemies The katydid is eaten by wasps, ants, praying mantises, and tree frogs.

6. Survival The katydid blends in with leaves, camouflaging itself from enemies. The katydid bites when handled roughly.

7. YUM! The katydid enjoys a feast of leaves, flowers, stems, and fruits. Sometimes the katydid will eat other insects.

8. Nursery Rhymes The baby katydid (nymph) undergoes simple metamorphosis. The life span is less than a year because it never survives the winter. Only eggs do. Katydids are abandoned after hatching.

9. Fun Fact! After molting, katydids eat their shed skin to leave no trace of existence to predators.