#phaneropterinae

There are multiple species with approximately that common name, so I've grabbed one of them.

Bush katydid (Poecilopsyra octoseriata)

16. Do you know any animals you would affectionately describe as ‘freaks of nature’?

the cookiecutter shark. like i love it to death but it looks like a cartoon drawing of an offensive caricature of itself 21. If parasitic aliens invaded Earth and could be hiding anywhere and you’d been given the power to morph into animals in order to fight back, which animals would you pick for 1) stealth, 2) flight, and 3) battle?

for stealth, i’d pick an insect of some kind, probably a cockroach or a stick bug, maybe a leaf katydid. for flight, i think i’d go with a saker falcon. they’re not quite as fast as peregrines while diving, but they can go faster horizontally, which is somewhat more important for getting places. not that their dive is anything to scoff at, mind you, but it’s not what i’d be prioritizing. for battle... well, not to sound like a meme, but the honey badger ain’t nothing to fuck with.

26. If you could have any animal as your pet/companion, and money, housing, proper care, and other logistics wasn’t an issue, which animal would you pick?

Hidden.

Diastella latifolia, “Common Speckled Katydid”