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Unknown insect

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 30, 201358 views5 comments

I see these frequently in summer usually on rose bushes. I looked all through my guide and still haven't a clue what this is.

Olympus E-5
50-200mm @158mm FL
1/800 sec @ f8, -0.7ev
tripod
ISO 400
manual focus.

Large view provided

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on June 30, 2013 at 9:00 AM

Katydid nymph, I think. Roger

Registered on March 6, 2011, 95 Posts, 847 Comments

Comment posted by Steeve Marcoux on June 30, 2013 at 9:17 AM

I just photographed one yesterday also, i thought it was an assasin bug but the more i think about it, it's not an assasin bug.

Registered on November 23, 2012, 15 Posts, 76 Comments

Comment posted by Steeve Marcoux on June 30, 2013 at 9:33 AM

It's a Katydid nymph, thank you Roger :
See link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awpr5_kfjUs

Registered on November 23, 2012, 15 Posts, 76 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 30, 2013 at 12:22 PM

Excellent point of view, detail and colors, Charlie. Carolyn just posted one of these a couple days ago. They are apparently pretty ubiquitous, although I've seen none in my neck of the the woods.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 30, 2013 at 1:50 PM

Thanks for the ID and the comments. Just after I posted this I saw Carolyn's post of one of these. They are very common here in Oregon.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments