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Taken 2-Nov-11
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Tympanum

Many orthoptera produce sound. The tympanum is a sound sensing organ. Katydids have the tympana on the forelegs. Grasshoppers hane tympana on their bodies.

Mexican bush katydid - Scudderia mexicana
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Keywords:plants/iceberg rose, grasshopers, katydids, crickets - Orthoptera/katydids/Mexican bush katydid - Scudderia mexicana, grasshopers, katydids, crickets - Orthoptera/katydids/Mexican bu, places/CA/Long Beach/my yard
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Tympanum
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