Caught this guy on my rose bush Not sure of its fate yet. lol!

[jrh3]

camera sucks but here we go. dont know if he is chameleon food yet. its about 2in long body with long legs.

 

[ismart]

Nice find! What species of katydid do you think it is?

 

[Mr.Mantid]

Man those look cool, Kinda what some katydids as pets.

 

[jrh3]

Man those look cool, Kinda what some katydids as pets.

not sure species yet but im gonna try to keep it alive for a few days,

 

[lancaster1313]

I have had good luck raising a couple of katydid nymphs to adult. I don't know the species as I have had different ones. The hard part for me was finding a variety of food plants. I could only find 1 or 2 plant species that my katydids seemed to enjoy. <_<

I always released them when they became adult because I have never had both sexes at the same time.

They were very cool and I hope to raise more. One was so calm that she wouldn't fly away when I tried to release her, but she was a tiny nymph when I found her. More than 1 of them would just chill out and eat out of my hand.