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tettigoniidae

This is a carnivorous katydid feeding on a Triatoma gerstaeckeri. the second image is the image of the prey item, a hollowed-out T. gerstaeckeri

Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
7 September 2016

this thing was huge. if this was a cricket, then this would be the biggest I've seen... or katydid

Relatively cryptic. A type of short horned grasshopper. Found in grassy area, near a parking lot.

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Walked slowly away from me, unable to fly.

Spur-throated Grasshopper visiting Alkali Seaheath

Grasshopper, Order Orthoptera. Documented at the Reyes Peak area in Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County, California, USA.

orange wings in flight

Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area

This was on a deck at night where we were black lighting for moths. I did not see the hindwings.

Elevation approx. 8900 ft.

in egg laying mode (curled thorax)

Yellow Winged. Clicking in flight.

On Rudbeckia hirta

Hard to take a pic of this little guy so I couldn’t get the side.