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Nature_Phtgrphr Canton, OH Feb 12, 2010

I was outside and I heard this noise and I followed the sound and found this fella.What is it?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Feb 12, 2010

Nature_Phtgrphr
Your Huge Grasshopper-lookin fella is a Katydid. They are in the family Tettigoniidae and are cousins of grasshoppers, but true grasshoppers have short antennae and katydids and crickets have very long antennae.

I cannot be sure of the species, but it looks close to the Narrow-Beaked Katydid (Turpilia rostrata): http://bugguide.net/node/view/187075/bgpage
and also looks close to the Greater Angle-wing Katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium): http://bugguide.net/node/view/349844/bgpage

I think the Greater Angle-wing Katydid is the more likely,

Kennedy

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Feb 12, 2010

From the wing shape, this far more likely is an angle-winged katydid (Microcentrum sp.). These belong to the subfamily Phaneropterinae; collectively known as 'false katydids.' True katydids are in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae, and have an entirely different wing shape - see http://tinyurl.com/yhlm6e8 for an example.

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