Are you intrigued about KATYDID? Or are you a subject of intrigue because of what KATY DID? My MAXIMUM CARD / MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a TRUE KATYDID or BUSH CRICKET, from the TETTIGONIIDAE Family. The postcard is humorously inscribed "What Katydid stays in Virginia", where Virginia is my home state ("Commonwealth", as if the wealth is really held in common...). Also, your MAN has less than 14%

My MAXIMUM CARD / MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a TRUE KATYDID or BUSH CRICKET, from the TETTIGONIIDAE Family. The postcard is humorously inscribed "What Katydid stays in Virginia", where Virginia is my home state ("Commonwealth", as if the wealth is really held in common...)

"The true katydid subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species of Tettigoniidae (katydids or bush crickets). Like the other crickets of suborder Ensifera, it is part of the insect order Orthoptera which also contains e.g. grasshoppers and locusts.

Due to the massive diversity of this subfamily, it is not unequivocally delimited versus its relatives yet. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_katydid

"The family Tettigoniidae, known in American English as katydids and in British English as bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are more closely related to crickets than to grasshoppers."

Katydid emulating a leaf

"Many tettigoniids exhibit mimicry and camouflage, commonly with shapes and colors similar to leaves."

"The males provide a nuptial gift for the females in the form of a spermatophylax, a body attached to the males' spermatophore which is consumed by the female. The function of the spermatophylax is to increase the attachment time of the males' spermatophore and thereby increase his paternity."

"The diet of tettigoniids includes leaves, flowers, bark, and seeds, but many species are exclusively predatory, feeding on other insects, snails or even small vertebrates such as snakes and lizards. Some are also considered pests by commercial crop growers and are sprayed to limit growth. Large tettigoniids can inflict a painful bite or pinch if handled but seldom break the skin."

Here's why even your GIGOLO / TOYBOY / HUNK can do only so much in 24 hours:

"The reproductive behavior of bush crickets has been studied in great depth. Studies conducted in 2010 at the University of Derby by Karim Vahed, Darren Parker and James Gilbert found that 

the Tuberous Bushcricket (Platycleis affinis) 

has the largest testes in proportion to body mass of any animal recorded. 

They account for 14% of the insect's body mass and are thought to enable a fast re-mating rate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katydid

Some females are GIFTED by Nature.

Some are GIFTED by males. "Beware of GIFTS, even if they come from Greeks" [like the Trojan Horse].

"A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation. It may contain nourishment for the female, in which case it is called a nuptial gift,although in many species the "gift" provides little nutrient value (one group in which it usually is nutritious are the bush crickets).^[1][2] The alternative hypothesis of its usefulness is that the process of eating the spermatophore prevents the female from subsequent copulation, thereby giving the male's sperm more time to fertilize."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatophore

I, as in INTRIGUED by what KATYDID...

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