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6 legs two large antenna and Green (female katydid)

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KATYDID
by: Moni

Big Green Bug
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Big Green Bug
by: Anonymous

I found one on my deck it was huge it has rounded wings that liik like leaves but i dont know what it is!
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by: Anonymous

I had 1 in my bedroom, scared the living daylights out of me!
I had one
by: Anonymous

Mine was hanging onto my wing mirror this morning.
Common true katydid, female
by: Moni

Jeff&Mel
The katydids do feed on foliage of plants but they are not considered garden pests. They will not defoliate your gardenia, even if they eat a few bites it will not hurt the plant.

Adults have been found on flowers. There was an angle-wing katydid feeding on the dropped old flower from my hibiscus last night, but you could not see a hole where it was feeding. They are not the voracious feeders that grasshoppers are.
Thanks for checking.
we have on too
by: Jeff&Mel

We live in Escondido, CA and we had one on our gardenia plant. It lives there, will it kill the plant? I think it's eating it!
Thank you all again - great web site
by: John

You have all been very helpful - thank you.

Interesting thing is that another one was in the BBQ (unknown to us) when it got fired up and it was curtains for that one instantly. This one showed up the next day. It would not leave the BBQ lid even when I banged on the metal. I moved it with a piece of newspaper and it headed right back to the grill. I finally moved it several hundred feet away and haven’t seen it again. I would imagine that they are very aware of the pheromone or whatever of the mate.
Katydid
by: Moni

John
Yes, it is a katydid. It is actually a female katydid because you can see the curved ovipositor out the tail end. That is what the females use to lay eggs into loose bark or stems of trees or shrubs.
Katydid
by: John

Your right it is a True Katydid. I found a similar picture on the web 0 looks like thtas what the ugly cuss is we found. Thanks
Web says -
Scientific name:
(Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
bug name
by: brian keel

i beleive its whats called a katydid .i dont know the scientific name .thats what i allways knew it as

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