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Torbia viridissima
A nymph katydid may be impossible to ID but I cannot resist showing it off. I'll bet he gets good reception with those antennae.
Lemon tree
Spotted on Nov 18, 2011
Submitted on Nov 18, 2011
8 Comments
Thanks Ashish and Argy.
It's a cutie Martin !
Thank you Martin for sharing new spotting...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/158...
Yeah, I figured it was a long shot. That gum leaf katydid looks like a pretty close match though, especially in the antennae and legs.
This genus is not in Australia as far as I know. I have found a similar Australian "bush cricket" with a banded nymph that looks a likely match.
Torbia viridissima
Gum Leaf Katydid
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Have you researched the genus Scudderia at all? I'm not sure if it's a genus that occurs in Australia, but in North America, they're the only nymphs that have banded black and white antennae. That's what I'm seeing in these pictures, so you might give it a shot. I have no idea on the distribution of this genus, I could be completely wrong, but hey, it might end up being helpful.
Nymph of Green Bush Cricket... alike Katydid.