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The family Tettigoniidae, katydids or bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are more closely related to crickets than to grasshoppers. Tettigoniids may be distinguished from grasshoppers by the length of their filamentous antennae, which may exceed their own body length, while grasshoppers' antennae are always relatively short and thickened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniid...
Spotted on ornamental vegetation (Euphorbia tirucalli) in a large semi-urban yard & garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.
Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on Aug 7, 2012
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