How Katydid's Reproduce
Male Katydids reproductive organs consist of the testes, which hold spermatocyte cells that will divide and form packages of sperm cells; and the aedeagus, which is the delivery system for the sperm.The female Katydid reproductive organs consist of the ovipositor, which is the delivery system for the eggs as well as the entry place for the male reproductive organ; and the ovaries, which contain the eggs as well as materials used to nourish and maintain eggs during early development.
The male Katydid sperm contains 12 chromosomes and a female egg contains 12 chromosomes, making it so that a typical Katydid has 24 chromosomes. Internal fertilization takes place where the male deposits sperm into the female.Formation of new individual by a combination of two haploid sex cells (gametes). Fertilization- combination of genetic information from two separate cells that have one half the original genetic information. Both gametes are haploid, with a single set of chromosomes. The new individual is called a zygote, with two sets of chromosomes, A.K.A diploid
They do not take care of their babies. Katydid normal gestation period is about 240 days, a normal female and male reach reproductive maturity from 1 to 3 months. Female katydids mate in the summer, and lay eggs in sticks or in the ground. Females try to choose a good place to lay their eggs. The eggs last through the winter and the new katydids hatch out in the spring. In some species the eggs hatch more quickly. A female Katydid can lay as much as 120 eggs at once. Most female katydids use their ovipositors (an organ in which that helps some animals lay eggs) to place eggs out of harm's way deep into soil or rotting wood.
Katydids use sound to communicate across distances. Sometimes nearby males will all call together, trying to attract females. They also use their antennae to touch and smell each other. The egg is laid,in the fall on plants or in the soil and it hatches in the spring. Katydids use sound to communicate across distances. Katydids have incomplete metamorphosis. The nymph that hatches from an egg looks a lot like an adult Katydid, except that it doesn't have wings. As they grow, katydids begin to molt or shed their skin. In their last molting stage, they get wings and they become adults. Their lifespan is about one year from egg to the end of adulthood.
(1)http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5185172_do-grasshoppers-reproduce_.html
(2)http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Tettigoniidae/
The male Katydid sperm contains 12 chromosomes and a female egg contains 12 chromosomes, making it so that a typical Katydid has 24 chromosomes. Internal fertilization takes place where the male deposits sperm into the female.Formation of new individual by a combination of two haploid sex cells (gametes). Fertilization- combination of genetic information from two separate cells that have one half the original genetic information. Both gametes are haploid, with a single set of chromosomes. The new individual is called a zygote, with two sets of chromosomes, A.K.A diploid
They do not take care of their babies. Katydid normal gestation period is about 240 days, a normal female and male reach reproductive maturity from 1 to 3 months. Female katydids mate in the summer, and lay eggs in sticks or in the ground. Females try to choose a good place to lay their eggs. The eggs last through the winter and the new katydids hatch out in the spring. In some species the eggs hatch more quickly. A female Katydid can lay as much as 120 eggs at once. Most female katydids use their ovipositors (an organ in which that helps some animals lay eggs) to place eggs out of harm's way deep into soil or rotting wood.
Katydids use sound to communicate across distances. Sometimes nearby males will all call together, trying to attract females. They also use their antennae to touch and smell each other. The egg is laid,in the fall on plants or in the soil and it hatches in the spring. Katydids use sound to communicate across distances. Katydids have incomplete metamorphosis. The nymph that hatches from an egg looks a lot like an adult Katydid, except that it doesn't have wings. As they grow, katydids begin to molt or shed their skin. In their last molting stage, they get wings and they become adults. Their lifespan is about one year from egg to the end of adulthood.
(1)http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5185172_do-grasshoppers-reproduce_.html
(2)http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Tettigoniidae/