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Photo#49408
Katydid? - Stilpnochlora couloniana

Katydid? - Stilpnochlora couloniana
Tavares, Lake County, Florida, USA
April 8, 2006
Black Hourglass shape on his/her back.
Couldn't find any others like it...

Katydid Nymph
Not full grown, so may be harder to ID.

 
I think I know!
The really bowed hind tibia suggests that this is the nymph of a giant katydid in the genus Stilpnochlora. There is only one U.S. species, restricted to Florida. There are pictures of adults in the guide. We reared a related South American species at the Cincinnati Zoo, and even as nymphs they had those bowed legs:-)

 
You got it!
I clicked on the link on the guide for internet reference:

http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/081a.htm

and it shows a nymph just like this one with the black marking!
Thanks Eric!

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