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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...
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
This 'fellow' has been hanging out in my entryway at night....
Dinnertime!
Re: Insects!
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:37 pm
by Kelly
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...
I had to settle for a photo of it on a towel on the floor, where it would finally stay still: