what is this

[peerchking]

the pic are off my phone so not the best

I never seen one of these before.It was crawling around my truck

[Ralph Wiggum]

I think it's a species of katydid. Antenna are much longer than a grasshopper.

[peerchking]

the body is about 1-1 1/2" long and the antenas were about 1" the back legs if streched out would be about 2" it was a brighter green color and that stinger looking thing on the back side look deadly.

[pushbutton]

bush cricket?

[Ralph Wiggum]

bush cricket?

I think that's another name for a katydid.

[pushbutton]

think they are closely related but seperate subspecies of the orthoptera, 20 years ago though... and only took a bug 101 class...... also spent a lot of time "enjoying" natures plant species so memory is a little foggy

[grey ghost]

Katydid info from DNR HSOforum.

Sultry Summer Sightings

When night falls on a hot July day, katydids come out. These large insects in the order Orthoptera are closely related to grasshoppers and crickets. Orthoptera means straight-winged.

Identifying Features

Minnesota has many species distributed among five groups: bush, meadow, cone-headed, shield-bearing, and true katydids. Many resemble muscle-bound green to brown grasshoppers, from 1 to 2 inches long, with powerful hind legs and whiplike antennae. Like most insects, they have two forewings and two hind wings. One common native species is the forked-tailed bush katydid