Copiphora rhinoceros

Copiphora rhinoceros, the rhinoceros katydid, is a relatively large, up to about 7.5 cm (3 in) long, species of katydid found in Central America.^[1] It belongs to a group known as the conehead katydids, several of which have a horn-like projection on the top of the head. The horn of the rhinoceros katydid is used to ward off attacks from hungry bats.^[2] Unlike most katydids, which are herbivores, the rhinoceros katydid is an omnivore, feeding on fruit, seeds, flowers, invertebrates, frog eggs and small lizards.^[2][3] The species can be quite noisy during the night and produces one of the dominant sounds in Central American lowland forests.^[3] Its lifespan is one to two years.^[2]

Copiphora rhinoceros
Male above, females below (note prominent ovipositor)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Copiphora
Species:	C. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Copiphora rhinoceros Pictet, 1888

It was first described in 1888 by Alphonse Pictet in his Locustides Nouveaux ou peu connus de Musée de Genève (New or Little-known Locusts of the Geneva Museum).^[4]