The little guy wouldn't sit still, and I wanted to get a picture of him before he was gone, but I apologize for the poor quality of these photos. I just hope you can get something from them.
Anyway, he looks like a walking leaf. What is he?
CLOSED: Leaf bug ID
Another photo. I really thought he was a leaf blown by the wind at first. Then I looked right at him, and the leaf was walking along the edge of my patio.
Another shot. I tried searching the Internet, and although I did find leaf-looking bugs, I couldn't find anything that looked like this guy.
On the second shot, the white thing isn't part of the bug. It's just some kind of debris in the background.
http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/634/
Looks like a Katydid
It's a katydid, but it's rather difficult to tell which species, as the photos aren't very clear.
Here's a link to the katydids on BugGuide.Net:
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=katydid
Maybe you can find it on here. Since you saw it, you'd probably have better luck than I.
Linda
Yeah! This looks like my guy.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/10111
http://bugguide.net/node/view/27866
It's amazing how they look so much like a leaf. Katydids make noise during the night, don't they? I must have a lot of them then. I hear the high, whining buzz and also the rhythmic "cricket--cricket" sound.
Just having a back yard is opening new vistas to me. :-) Thanks, everyone. I'll mark this closed.
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