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Physomerus grossipes
About 3.5 cm. in length and 0.5-0.75 cm wide. It was jumping/hopping around to many different leaves, and has two brown antennas.
Tropical Rainforest (Singapore American School Rainforest)
Seen at 10:50 in the morning, after raining.
"Physomerus grossipes" is the species of the order Hemiptera, while the photo in the your post is a grasshopper of the order Orthoptera.
I love this description. I appreciate that you include weather information. I hope you get a suggestion!
Spotted on Feb 27, 2013
Submitted on Feb 27, 2013