Bush Katydid

While it may look like a large green grasshopper, this is a Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) in the family Tettigoniidae (Katydids). The name katydid is derived from the male’s repetitive chirp, which sounds like “katydid, katy-didn’t.” Katydids have large hind legs and  extremely long, threadlike antennae.



A close-up of the head showing the complex mouth-parts for chewing and the compound eye.