Explore Outdoors ~ a Very Young Katydid

 Summer is a great time to slow down and smell the ... hey! What's that on the monarda?

It's bright green, with looong antennae and back legs that are perfect for jumping. My first thought was something in the cricket family - but it's so skinny! A friendly entomologist identified it as a juvenile bush katydid - and reminded me that the young ones are skinny. 

 

 

They do fill out as they grow. Here's a photo of an adult by Bruce Marlin/wikimedia

What interesting bugs are you finding on flowers?

 

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