CLOSED: Am I a Katydid?

Is this for sure a Katydid? I read that they can sometimes be yellow or pink.
If he is a Katydid which species might he be?

he looks just like my broadwinged katydid, but mine are lime green. he is neat looking, but i would have to squish him, sorry!

Now Track ... tsk tsk ... ROFL!
Ain't no way I'd kill a Katydid. I've never had a problem with them. I especially wouldn't kill this yellow one. I found him last year on my Plumeria. I've never seen another Katydid of any color since then.

Would this Katydid be called an angular Katydid? Anyone know for sure?

Possibly an oblong-winged katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia), they also come in green forms :)

http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/007pmy.htm

Thank you PanamonCreel :) It does for sure look like mine huh? I'll have to look into this further and make sure cause I've been known to overlook obvious differences in my bug id's ... hee! Can't be bright and beautiful too ... ha!
I did notice that FL is not on the map of its habitat at the site link you sent. Maybe mine snuck in with a tourist :) http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/007a.htm
Woah! Wouldn't I love to see a pink one like the one on that page. Gorgeous! Hey Track you little booger ... would ya squish this beauty too? lol!

Did ya'll notice my yeller one only has 3 legs. Poor baby.

This message was edited Aug 14, 2006 3:50 PM

http://images.google.com/images?q=broad-winged+katydid&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images oh, that's why i said i'd have to squish him, to put him out of his three-legged misery. LOL
seriously, they eat my cannas!

Well I'm not finding any differences. PanamonCreel can you see any differences comparing my yellow katydid to the picture at the link you shared?

This is the only other picture I have.

LOL! Ooops I guess Katydids normally have 6 legs. See what I mean about my bug id's ? Duh for me.
Katydidn't do that canna damage ... honest!.

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Looks like one and the same species. The shaded areas show major distribution according to reporting records but that doesn't mean they do not exist outside of these areas :)

i watched them. they only ate the canna musifolia, not the regular cannas. alright, no more squishing of the katydidn'ts.

Thank you P. :)
Now I can enter him in Bug Files.

ROFL! Told ya!

I'm still wondering if the pink one is an embarrassed Katydid? ;)

I think she put on her prettiest katy dress in hopes of attracting that yellow male. I could have sworn I saw her bat those baby blues :) Probably she is a Katymight ;)

This is such a cute post.... I found it and thought other peeps should read it... That pink katydid is so cool looking!