plessner Loc: North Dakota

I found this interesting looking green guy in my flowers--anybody know what it is?

TomC. Loc: Bel Air, MD

Cicada.
Nice shots.
Does it look like mine?
Maybe a Katydid?

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foehner Loc: St. Louis, Missouri

Nice shots. I think that is some type of katydid.

RE Loc: California

I have no idea what it is, but your photo's are quite nice!

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Beautiful shots of a Katydid.

ldcn Loc: Maine

Nice clarity.
Leigh

plessner Loc: North Dakota

yes I think so
thanks

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

And another vote for katydid...and what fantastic shots, especially the second with the big grin.

plessner Loc: North Dakota

thanks everyone for looking and commenting.
A friend who really knows her stuff says it is a fork tailed katydid and kind of a rare thing to see--at least around here
and just to let you know it was back again today in that same clump of flowers

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Katherine, excellent set of photos.

Greg

relbugman Loc: MD/FL/CA/SC

It is a Scudderia sp., but I'm not sure which. Could be furcata (Fork-tailed Bush Katydid), but I can't remember the range. There are several other species with females that look almost identical, especially in a photo, excellent as it is. The shot by TomC is another genus of katydids, maybe Amblycorypha (perhaps A. oblongifolia, but looks bigger?); again, there are several species that look very similar -- this one is a male. Compare the triangles at the upper base of the wings of the two, the first is relatively smooth (female), the second (male) has a stridulum, the dark line across the triangle base. The females answer the males call with exact timing, but only with a tick or click or two or three, a much simpler song that does not require as complex a structure as in males. One group, A. uhleri and a couple of close relatives, sing very complex calling songs with 4 parts, each with a different function (drawing in females, signalling them to stop and answer, spacing competing males, and confusing them with a female-mimicking series of ticks).

plessner Loc: North Dakota

very interesting--thank you