What The Heck Is This..!!!

I saw this bug flying around in my apartment earlier and it was HUGE :o

Anyone know what it is? ......or I should say was cuz I sucked it up in the vacuum cleaner. Sorry if the pic isn't that clear.. but I didn't want to get very close to it >__> Yuck!

Looks like a big ass grasshopper.JurockDaRock

I thought so too! But it had wings and was flying around like a maniac :x

Looks like a big ass grasshopper.JurockDaRock

^This.

Funny I saw one earlier today. (for the people still in Sunday)

[QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]Looks like a big ass grasshopper.MoonFoxx

I thought so too! But it had wings and was flying around like a maniac :x

Dude they have wings.....

I wanna say Grasshopper but it's just TOO BIG :Odj_pulserfan

But do grasshoppers have wings and FLY? I'd think something with the name "hopper" in it.. it would freakin HOP!

[QUOTE="MoonFoxx"]

[QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]Looks like a big ass grasshopper.Thechaninator

I thought so too! But it had wings and was flying around like a maniac :x

Dude they have wings.....

Could be a locust or a cicada.

EDIT: Nevermind, defniitely not a cicada.

[QUOTE="dj_pulserfan"]I wanna say Grasshopper but it's just TOO BIG :OMoonFoxx

But do grasshoppers have wings and FLY? I'd think something with the name "hopper" in it.. it would freakin HOP!

They can fly too, they just usually don't.

Awwwwww! It's just a cute littly katydid Andi! They're pretty mild-mannered little critters. Just set it on your porch and let it do its thing or put in in a jar with holes and keep it for a few days to play with and feed and then let it go.

...I miss finding cute bugs like that. :(

Was it like a moth like bug? I had those come in twice had to leave the room for the rest of the day too freaked out!

NVM I see the image now

I believe its a katydid.Morphic

But this is a katydid:

Didn't quite look like that.. although this thing looks less scary :?

[QUOTE="Thechaninator"][QUOTE="MoonFoxx"]

[QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]Looks like a big ass grasshopper.Paul_06

I thought so too! But it had wings and was flying around like a maniac :x

Dude they have wings.....

Thank you Paul! Seriously that is so painfully obvious.

I believe its a katydid.Morphic

[QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]Looks like a big ass grasshopper.MoonFoxx

I thought so too! But it had wings and was flying around like a maniac :x

It's a grasshopper. Either that, or a "katydid", which is essentially just a grasshopper.

Be careful though. These grasshoppers aren't exactly maneaters, but they have some strong mandibles, and can chew the **** out of you. So if you decide to catch it...don't let it bite you.

She is not a dude...Paul_06

Some people just never learn :roll:

[QUOTE="Thechaninator"][QUOTE="MoonFoxx"]

[QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]Looks like a big ass grasshopper.Paul_06

I thought so too! But it had wings and was flying around like a maniac :x

Dude they have wings.....

Imma dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, we're all dudes, HEY!

[QUOTE="Morphic"]I believe its a katydid.MoonFoxx

But this is a katydid:

Didn't quite look like that.. although this thing looks less scary :?

There's actually a lot of variety to the katydid family. Sure way to tell...does it have incredibly long antennae?

[QUOTE="dj_pulserfan"]I wanna say Grasshopper but it's just TOO BIG :OMoonFoxx

But do grasshoppers have wings and FLY? I'd think something with the name "hopper" in it.. it would freakin HOP!

Yes. You've heard about locusts, right? Well, locusts are just grasshoppers. And they fly over thousands of miles in huge swarms, eating everything they see.

Awwwwww! It's just a cute littly katydid Andi! They're pretty mild-mannered little critters. Just set it on your porch and let it do its thing or put in in a jar with holes and keep it for a few days to play with and feed and then let it go.

...I miss finding cute bugs like that. :(

Lord_Daemon

Damon :o

I don't think it was a Katydid.. seriously. And I didn't catch it.. I sucked it up in my Hoover >__>

[QUOTE="Lord_Daemon"]

Awwwwww! It's just a cute littly katydid Andi! They're pretty mild-mannered little critters. Just set it on your porch and let it do its thing or put in in a jar with holes and keep it for a few days to play with and feed and then let it go.

...I miss finding cute bugs like that. :(

MoonFoxx

Damon :o

I don't think it was a Katydid.. seriously. And I didn't catch it.. I sucked it up in my Hoover >__>

:o

Why did you kill the little bug?! :cry:

[QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]Looks like a big ass grasshopper.MoonFoxx

I thought so too! But it had wings and was flying around like a maniac :x

It's a grasshopper. Either that, or a "katydid", which is essentially just a grasshopper.

Be careful though. These grasshoppers aren't exactly maneaters, but they have some strong mandibles, and can chew the **** out of you. So if you decide to catch it...don't let it bite you.

MrGeezer

Well it's already been taken care of. It was flying around so I didn't think I would be able to catch it.. and good thing I didn't cuz I wasn't aware they bite :?

[QUOTE="Morphic"]I believe its a katydid.MoonFoxx

But this is a katydid:

Didn't quite look like that.. although this thing looks less scary :?

There are lots of different kinds of katydids.

Just like how there are lots of different kinds of mantids. But none of the mantids that you see in the USA look like an orchid mantid or a dead leaf mantid.

But nevertheless, the picture shown looks A LOT like the picture that you posted. So it's a katydid. Not quite the same species, but it's still a katydid. If you see an elephant trunk snake, you can still recognize it as a snake even if you've never seen that species of snake before.

:o

Why did you kill the little bug?! :cry:

Lord_Daemon

Well I'm sorry.. it wasn't that little :cry:

[QUOTE="Morphic"]I believe its a katydid.2ndWonder

I'm actually sort of confused about the difference between grasshoppers and katydids myself.

Like, I'm pretty sure that all katydids are still technically grasshoppers. But I'm not entirely aware of what specifically makes a katydid a katydid. Like, around here, we have grasshoppers that look like katydids, but I've never seen them classified as katydids. They're always classified as grasshoppers.

So...I'm not entirely sure what makes a katydid a katydid, rather than just a grasshopper that looks like a katydid.

But in any case, it's still a grasshopper. And it might or might not be a katydid, depending on what specific requirements must be met before it is considered a katydid.

[QUOTE="Lord_Daemon"]

:o

Why did you kill the little bug?! :cry:

MoonFoxx

Well I'm sorry.. it wasn't that little :cry: