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Green bug - Microcentrum californicum - male
Copyright © 2013 Tom Tanioka

Green bug - Microcentrum californicum - Male
Sacramento, Sacrament County, California, USA
August 13, 2013
Contributed by Tom Tanioka on 16 August, 2013 - 12:06am
Last updated 16 August, 2013 - 1:14am

male Microcentrum californicum
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 16 August, 2013 - 1:14am

A Katydid but...
...I'm not sure exactly which species. Here is an example of an Oblong-winged Katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia) but yours is likely a different species.

… Ron M., 16 August, 2013 - 12:35am

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