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Jun 19, 2013 11:43 AM CST

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Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Hello,

Can anyone ID this guy on the Sempervivum flower?

Thanks!

Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Zorba')
Uploaded by sandnsea2

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #429102 (1)

Jun 19, 2013 12:41 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)

I can't wait to find out what this is Janice. It kind of looks like an immature grasshopper, yet doesn't. It sure has some well developed back legs.
Love this photo.

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| @valleylynn | Post #429144 (2)

Jun 19, 2013 12:54 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

Excellent photo but really difficult to identify!!! Hopefully, it'll get a name tag soon....

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429151 (3)

Jun 19, 2013 1:26 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)

Thank you for the help OldGardener.

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| @valleylynn | Post #429170 (4)

Jun 19, 2013 1:43 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

This must not be my day. I believe I finally found your insect on the net and clicked on the photo for an identification. The page led me to a photographer's page but the insect is not named

To be sure, is this your guy?

http://papamikey.zenfolio.com/...

I'll keep searching...

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429185 (5)

Jun 19, 2013 1:57 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

Found yet another photo of him - this time on Flickr - but again, no name

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429193 (6)

Jun 19, 2013 2:25 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)

That's it. Good job OldGardener.
Now we just have to find the little guys name.

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| @valleylynn | Post #429231 (7)

Jun 19, 2013 3:41 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Could it be some sort of Cricket?

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #429283 (8)

Jun 19, 2013 3:41 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

I am going to have to quit looking today but will pick back up tomorrow if no one else identifies him first. I think I might be on the right track but this guy is proving to be quite the challenge

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429285 (9)

Jun 19, 2013 3:43 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

I have been looking at Heteroptera reduviidae nymphs as some look really close.

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429287 (10)

Jun 19, 2013 3:47 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Thanks !!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #429288 (11)

Jun 19, 2013 4:52 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

Janice - your guess was better than mine! It appears to be a Katydid nymph. I'll try to find this one specifically but am 99% sure that you were on the right trail!!!

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429343 (12)

Jun 19, 2013 4:54 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

I forgot the link to the photo:

http://www.dpughphoto.com/imag...

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429346 (13)

Jun 19, 2013 5:08 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

Although many of the Katydid.scudderia aka Scudderia furcata are brighter than this guy, I found several photos where the nymph had the identical coloring that your Katydid sports. I also found that another common name for him (or her) is the "dancing fork-tailed bush katydid".

BTW, your photograph is absolutely incredible!! No matter how much I enlarged it, it remained absolutely crystal clear and the layout of it is beautiful.

I hope the identification helps - and, again, thank you so much for resetting me with your cricket suggestion and putting me back on track.

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429353 (14)

Jun 19, 2013 7:09 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

OldGardener said:I forgot the link to the photo:

http://www.dpughphoto.com/imag...

Thank you so much!!!

This is a wonderful photo and looks like you've found him!!!!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #429416 (15)

Jun 19, 2013 7:50 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

I only found him because of your cricket comment. So.... thank you!

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429465 (16)

Jun 19, 2013 8:09 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

BTW Your cat is just beautiful!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #429487 (17)

Jun 19, 2013 8:33 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)

Great work of research you two.

I will be on the look out for this guy.
Most species probably favor foliage of broad-leaved woody deciduous plants, but probably will feed on a variety of other plants. Often (especially nymphs) seen feeding on flowers of assorted, often herbaceous plants. Right were yours was found Janice.

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| @valleylynn | Post #429519 (18)

Jun 19, 2013 9:10 PM CST

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So Cal (Zone 10b)

sandnsea2 said:

BTW Your cat is just beautiful!

Oh, thank you! That's my friend, Ed. He found his way home when he was all of 3-4 weeks old as a very ill, feral, skeleton of a kitten and he is now my constant companion. He is really quite the remarkable being!

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

| @OldGardener | Post #429547 (19)