Proscopiidae
Jumping stick. Jatun Sacha Reserve, Napo, Ecuador.
Jatun Sacha Reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Neoconocephalus triops
Broad-tipped katydid. Austin, Texas, USA.
A female broad-tipped katydid. Austin, Texas, USA.
A broad-tipped katydid. Austin, Texas, USA.
Coneheaded katydids are named for the protrusion at the front of the head, seen here in the broad-tipped katydid Neoconocephalus triops. Austin, Texas, USA.
Tettigoniidae
Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Torbia viridissima
Although adult gum leaf katydids look like regular green leaf-mimics, the young immatures are excellent ant mimics. Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Microcentrum
The face of an angle-winged katydid. Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Microcentrum rhombifolium
The intricate textures on the wing of a leaf-mimicking katydid. Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Scudderia furcata
An immature female fork-tailed bush katydid. Austin, Texas, USA.
Rainforest katydid, Peru.
Anabrus simplex
The Mormon Cricket is a shield-backed katydid from western North America that is prone to outbreaks. Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA.
Katydid nymph
Brazil.
Tropidacris
The head of a giant lubber grasshopper. Cayó District, Belize.
Acrididae
Short-horned grasshopper photographed along a roadside in Amazonian Ecuador.
Aidemona azteca
Young Aztec Spur-throat grasshoppers are strikingly colored, but their brilliant juvenile colors give way to a drab, camouflaged adult. Austin, Texas, USA.
An aztec spur-throated grasshopper perches on a prickly pear. This adult is considerably duller in appearance than the aposematic nymphs. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA.
Chortophaga viridifasciata
The green-striped grasshopper is a distinctly-crested species common across North America. Austin, Texas, USA.
