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Re: Insects!

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:46 am
by Brenda
It's a katydid.

Re: Insects!

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:58 am
by Matt
any idea on subfamily or species?

Re: Insects!

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:23 pm
by Brenda
Oh, hell no. Just like a grasshopper is a grasshopper and a cricket is a cricket in my world...:lol: It's really tough to say without seeing a side shot (at least for me). There are over 200 species of the family Tettigoniidae in North America. The more that I looked, the more confused I became.

Re: Insects!

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:25 pm
by Nanspix
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This 'fellow' has been hanging out in my entryway at night....

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Dinnertime!

Re: Insects!

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:37 pm
by Kelly
:shock: :fear: :faint: :shock:

Re: Insects!

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:01 pm
by Brenda
Beautiful! Some of the orb-weavers are really striking.

Re: Insects!

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:33 pm
by Matt
time to move!

Re: Insects!

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:49 pm
by Brenda
Mike spotted this walking stick on my office porch this morning. I tried to get a photo of me holding it, but the darn thing was too fast--up my arm, on my head, down my back... :lol: I had to settle for a photo of it on a towel on the floor, where it would finally stay still:

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