Look who decided to hitch a ride home with me last night...
A friendly katydid! I don't have any photo editing software on this PC, or I would have lowered the light on his face, but it does a nice job of highlighting the leaf-like veins on his wings. I see tons of preying mantises, but I have never seen one of these in person!
Despite being rather large at aout 4 inches long, I didn't notice him on my hood until I started driving and he did fine holding on at low speed until I got out of the parking garage, pulled over and did the photo shoot. Then he calmly climbed into my hand and I deposited him in a field where he wouldn't get smooshed.
What a neat little creature! Anybody know exactly what kind of katydid this is?
I have never seen one here! I hope you guys are adjusting to Life AF... and your hearts are healing a little.
ReplyDeleteWe have them all the time over here. If one gets picked up by a bird or if you mess with them at all, they get mad and make this incredibly loud noise! We used to have a pool and they would get in there all the time. It's so crazy how they just look like a leaf with legs!
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