katydid nymphs are great because they don't just hide on trees while screaming all day like the adults do. here's a Tettigonia viridissima nymph walking on a thistle like it's nothing
and these are a couple of Phaneroptera nana nymphs, or perhaps two aliens from the 60s that have ray guns and say gleep glorp and other such things
a Beast I met this morning. considering it WAS pretty big and where I'm at I think this guy's a Tettigonia viridissima / great green bush-cricket, but don't quote me on that
This is Tettigonia viridissima, a katydid known as a great green bush cricket (bush cricket being a common synonym for katydid). Not a particularly rare find in most of Europe, especially when compared with the other katydid species I found recently, but visually impressive regardless. You can see these guys have a much more standard katydid shape with their long wings and the less defined plates on the abdomen.
He was a lot feistier than the E. rosae, hence the slightly blurry pics. He was very deliberately walking away from me, and probably wouldn't have been opposed to biting, which made me wary of grabbing the stem he was on as the wind blew it around. Eventually he simply jumped out of sight, and I decided I'd pestered him enough. He has about a month or two left to mate and contribute to next year's brood, and since his call was loud enough to lure me over, I'm sure it'll work on its intended targets as well.