Bush Katydid - Scudderia sp.
Order Orthoptera / Suborder Ensifera / Infraorder Tettigoniidea / Superfamily Tettigonioidea
Family Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 / Subfamily Phaneropterinae / Genus Scudderia Stål, 1873
Live adult and nymph katydids photographed at DuPage County, Ilinois.

 

Bush Katydid
How's this for camouflage? Male bush katydid shown on goldenrod, Solidago sp.

The katydids are mostly large, green with long antennae and large wings, emminently capable of flight. They are all phytophagous (a fancy word for herbivorous). There are approximately 245 species of Tettigoniidae in North America. 

Bush Katydid Nymph
Scudderia nymph

 
Bush Katydid
Male Bush Katydid

Bush Katydid Nymph
Scudderia nymph

 
 

              
 
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