bug on the beach in cornwall UK in august
Hi there
This appeared on the beach in Cornwall, in South West England in August 2007. It was about 3 inches in length. Can you please identify it for me? Thanks
Lyn

Hi Lyn,
This is a Great Green Bush Cricket, Tettigonia viridissima. She is a female as evidenced by her long, stingerlike ovipositor. We originally identified the species by googling “Katydid England”, since members in the family Tettigoniidae are known as Katydids in the U.S. That search led to Wikipedia and a quick identification. A distinguishing feature of the family is the length of the antennae, which have sadly been cropped in your otherwise awesome image.

Female Drumming Katydid (Vancouver)
Dear Bug-folks,
I’d like to share a couple of photos of what I am pretty sure is a female Drumming Katydid. Last summer, just days after you had posted the one mentioning how strange it was to find such a species in Western Canada, we found one of the little guys (male) walking across the livingroom carpet. We caught him in hopes of getting a pic and confirming the previous find, but alas, I couldn’t find my camera and had to let him go with no evidence (but what a cute little guy!). I wrote in to tell you about the incident, but I know you prioritize emails with attached photos, so you may not have seen it. Well here was another one a few nights ago, and this time was able to capture a few snaps. I know that it is no big news anymore — it is well known now that they have established a home here — but I thought you might like to add these images to the site since you don’t have any of a female. Warmest regards,
Shannon
Vancouver, BC

Hi Shannon,
Thank you for thinking of our site and our readership by thoughtfully sending us your wonderful image of a female Drumming Katydid, Meconema thalassinum. One can’t help but wonder if their northern range expansion might be related to global warming.

Update: (07/03/2008) Katydid IDs from Piotr Naskrecki
Hi,
I have been looking at the page with unidentified katydids (Katydids 2), and thought I could help with some ID’s. From top to bottom they are: Meconema thalssinum

Greater Arid-Land Predaceous Katydid
Hi there,
I know that you have several photos of this Katydid already, but I couldn’t resist sending you a couple more. This gal is about 4.5 inches long (including her ovipositor) and she was quite sociable and willing to come in the house for a photoshoot. I also live in Central Texas, and I was blown away about how beautiful this insect is. Thanks for the great website!
Allison Egger

Hi Allison,
We feel that we can never have too many excellent photos on our site, but sadly, time does not always permit us to post everything we want to post. Your photo made the cut today and will help other readers identify this distinctive predatory species, the Greater Arid-Land Katydid, Neobarrettia spinosa. Thanks for sending it.

Greater Arid-Land Predaceous Katydid
I found this katydid, which i believe i have identified by your site, as a Greater Arid-Land Predaceous Katydid at my grandparents house in New Braunfels, Texas, while we were there for a visit. I thought the one of him with his wings spread out was cool. Im guessing this is a defensive pose. Anyway, i hope you can use these pictures.
Michael Davis

Hi Mike,
Your threat posture on this male Greater Arid Land Katydid, Neobarrettia spinosa, is mighty awesome. Thanks for sending it to our site.

What’s this bug?
Sorry about the 1st email. I’ll send the pic this
time! I know this is in the katydid family but I haven’t seen any on your web page of this color. I live in New Braunfels, Texas out in the country and we always have these every year. Both green and pinkesh. We have soooo many of the pinkesh ones this year. It’s terrible! Are all these females??? I hope not! This – Hide quoted text – year they seem to be worse than usual. There even all over my house (like 30+) it’s horrible!! Thanks for your time and info.
Wendy

Hi Wendy,
We now know that this is a Truncated True Katydid, thanks to the efforts of Eric Eaton, who got a response from Mike Quinn who forwarded information provided by Bill Carr and Dr. John Oswald. This normally green Katydid has other color variations including this red coloration. Mike Quinn also provided this link: “Dan, Feel free to link/refer to this page: Central Texas Leaf Katydid http://www.texasento.net/robustus.htm Mike Quinn, Austin”

Update: (07/03/2008) Katydid IDs from Piotr Naskrecki
Hi, I have been looking at the page with unidentified katydids (Katydids 2), and thought I could help with some ID’s. From top to bottom they are: Truncated True Katydid – Paracyrtophyllus robustus

Insect with corncob body
Enjoy your site immensely…..I sent you this photo yesterday, but I think it was probably too large. I’ve resized it, and would be curious to know what it is. It looks like a grasshopper got crossed up with a miniature ear of corn, and I don’t know where it got those huge hind legs that appear to be upside down! Thanks.
Doug Wulf

Hi Doug,
Thank you for reading about our current technical problems and resending your image at a manageable size. We have been forced to delete what we suspect are numerous wonderful images because we are unable to make individual requests to resend. This is some species of Katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is an immature nymph and will grow to have wings.

Update: (07/03/2008) Katydid IDs from Piotr Naskrecki
Hi,
I have been looking at the page with unidentified katydids (Katydids 2), and thought I could help with some ID’s. From top to bottom they are: Nymph of Scudderia sp.