Oriental longheaded locust 精霊蝗虫

Thanks for that information! At least I can get rid of the romanization of the Japanese name.

Hi Colin. Good job getting a scientific name. I found one common name on a Youtube link - "Oriental longheaded locust" - not as nice as what you have though. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmjjtRRM7...

A Japanese friend ID'd this as a 'shouryou batta' ショウリョウバッタ（精霊蝗虫）, with the 'batta' meaning grasshopper. The scientific name is acrida cinerea, but I can't find a common name for it.

Thanks, Argy Bee. As the body is so slender, I didn't even think of it as being a katydid, but more likely a phasmatodea.

Looks like a bamboo mimicking katydid. Very interesting spotting.