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So... I love bugs, I think theyre gorgeous wonderful little things (aside from the blood suckers ). However I have a bad phobia of loooong legs. So as such, i cant handle katydids or large grasshoppers bc long legs that can jump at me. So, while I do think Katydids and Grasshoppers are beautiful miraculous not so little things I want to learn about... I cant look at them for long without dry heaving and shaking my arms in a panic haha.
So.. There was this massive grasshopper on my porch the other day. It was sitting on top of a gallon paint can and was half the length of the lid. A little longer than my palm. Bright green with dark green/maybe black stripes down its back sort of? It gave the appearance of a bright green back stripe since it was dark on either side of the back. It was gorgeous but naturally I watched it from inside my screendoor and didnt look directly at the legs lol. My cat tried to grab it and I had to rush out to defend it and distracted my cat long enough it flew away, which also resulted in me screaming bloody murder running away myself lol.
I really wanna know what kind of grasshopper (or katydid, im supicious it may be a weird variety of that since it has long antenna and sometimes katydids are called longhorn grasshoppers for that reason) it is but I cant google it. Ive tried i cant handle scrolling its too much. Does anyone have any idea what kind of grasshopper/katydid it is? I live in the far south eastern US.
My mom is a bug expert but even she didnt know weve never seen one of these before to our knowledge unless weve completely forgotten. We've been so busy she hasnt had time to research it either.
You can post pictures just put under a spoiler so i can prepare myself these are the best pics i could get from a distance if it helps at all i cant even look at the picture close lol
So.. There was this massive grasshopper on my porch the other day. It was sitting on top of a gallon paint can and was half the length of the lid. A little longer than my palm. Bright green with dark green/maybe black stripes down its back sort of? It gave the appearance of a bright green back stripe since it was dark on either side of the back. It was gorgeous but naturally I watched it from inside my screendoor and didnt look directly at the legs lol. My cat tried to grab it and I had to rush out to defend it and distracted my cat long enough it flew away, which also resulted in me screaming bloody murder running away myself lol.
I really wanna know what kind of grasshopper (or katydid, im supicious it may be a weird variety of that since it has long antenna and sometimes katydids are called longhorn grasshoppers for that reason) it is but I cant google it. Ive tried i cant handle scrolling its too much. Does anyone have any idea what kind of grasshopper/katydid it is? I live in the far south eastern US.
My mom is a bug expert but even she didnt know weve never seen one of these before to our knowledge unless weve completely forgotten. We've been so busy she hasnt had time to research it either.
You can post pictures just put under a spoiler so i can prepare myself these are the best pics i could get from a distance if it helps at all i cant even look at the picture close lol
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