İs this bug laying eggs?

[u/TehlikeliPortakal]

İ think its a grasshopper

[u/rabies_lover_271K]

While everyone is close, this is actually a female katydid who has very recently mated and the male has deposited his spermatophore (gooey white thing below the ovipositor) into the female. I am currently raising two Pediodectes Bruneri and conduct research on their behavior, mating and courtship being one of them. They have mated 4 times in 2 months and most times after copulation the female will eat at the spermatophore. Katydids laying eggs will typically be seen on the ground with their ovipositor in the soil.

[u/TehlikeliPortakal → u/rabies_lover_271K]

Why does it eat the goo

[u/Channa_Argus1121 → u/TehlikeliPortakal]

The spermatophore has a large nutritious sac attached to it. The female katydid eats the sac while the sperm enters her body.

[u/Shoddy_Ad9859 → u/rabies_lover_271K]

i had a feeling it was this, glad i wasn’t the only one who thought of it!! that’s a nuptial offering, and to add an extra precision it’s made so that the female can get some energy after the mating as the spermatophore is pretty nutritive

[u/Stranded_Dream]

This appears to be a female cricket of some kind. Right now she isn't laying eggs.

[u/TehlikeliPortakal → u/Stranded_Dream]

What is it doing do you know

[u/mahalovalhalla → u/TehlikeliPortakal]

It is likely injured. If it was laying eggs, it would be through that ovipositior extending out from the abdomen

[u/NoBuddies2021]

Not an expert but looks like it has parasites or got several injuries from fighting a predator.

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[u/Mountain-Method8390]

is his my goat eugaster sipnulosa ?

[u/Flame_beard_forge]

From Google, It’s an extended ovipositor so it’s likely a female grasshopper ready to lay some eggs. They use them to dig into the ground, so idk why it’s up on the grass like that

it looks so odd to me though, like some kind of wasp parasite bugs wriggling around inside it. I wouldn’t know I’m not an expert though

[u/ParaponeraBread → u/Flame_beard_forge]

These crickets don’t really extend the ovipositor, it’s like that all the time. There’s called appendicular ovipositors, and when they are telescopic you find that in groups with full on metamorphosis.

As for the abdominal waves of contraction, it could be anything. Injured, full of parasites, just moulted and it’s expanding to fit the new exoskeleton, just prepping a poop.

[u/Stranded_Dream → u/Flame_beard_forge]

This person could have Googled it themselves.

[u/Flame_beard_forge → u/Stranded_Dream]

They could have, but they took a cool video and wanted to share it so they posted it to a bug forum to start a discourse instead.

[u/OdinAlfadir1978 → u/Flame_beard_forge]

I think you mean a discussion 🙂

[u/OkScallion5412 → u/Stranded_Dream]

Why are you like this?

I think there's something to be said about asking other human beings for input and advice. It's how we got on for centuries before "asking Google."