That is amazing that you can tell it is a katydid but can you tell what the wasp is?
Sam

as a member of its group (i.e., without any narrower ID) is not so uneasy.
By contrast, Apocritan Hymenoptera are a huge and complex group, where only Ants and Bees are obviously recognizable as such (and even there, some exceptions do exist).
As a proof, some Ichneumon Wasps can easily be mistaken for Sphecid Wasps at a first glance.

A long shot indeed. I always wonder how these Sphecine Wasps manage to drag so large and heavy preys without getting tired. For they often do that for quite large distances before reaching their burrow.
To Ken: Prionyx Wasps hunt for Caelifera (Short-horned Grasshoppers), letting the Katydids to their Palmodes relatives (and also to the more distant cousins of the Sphecini tribe).

That's good information. Now if I can only remember it. :)

Thanks Richard and Ken. This is great, so much good information.
appreciate it
Sam