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Caelifera
Small bright green body
Various locations
Spotted on Sep 26, 2012
Submitted on Oct 11, 2012
1 Comment
This is most definitely a Meadow Katydid, Tribe Conocephalini. Your specimen is a female. You can tell because of that long, sword-like appendage coming out from the end of her abdomen (the ovipositor-used when laying eggs).
I am not sure exactly what species it is but here is a link that should help:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/460781/bgp...