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Biologist and Entomologist at Essig Museum of Entomology at UC Berkeley
Oakland California
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Great shot, by the way! =)
Far and away, the most common katydid in the Bay Area is the Fork-Tailed Katydid, Scudderia furcata. I get them in my yard all the time. Was this in your garden? The females lay their eggs in the leaves of citrus trees. We have a Valencia Orange tree in the yard, and they love to eat my Dahlias and Zinnias too.
That's an orb-weaving spider, genus Argiope.
I agree Martin, it looks like an assassin bug to me too. Nice find!
All the photos I can find for Violaceus compsocerus have red antennae with a black pouf in the middle. I can't find any with antennae that look like Sergio's photo.
Nice shots, Karen!
Handsome!
