What is this menacing creature?
Do you know what this insect is or can you find out what this insect is?
To give some scale that guy is about 1.5 to 2.0 inches long and about 1 inch tall.
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Katydids are masters of disguise, or in the animal world, mimicry. They have oval shaped wings. They resemble the plants and particularly the leaves in their environment and therefore are less exposed to natural predators; birds, bats, frogs, spiders and snakes. And, when your little green guy flew away...yes, they can fly short distances when threatened.
Katydids are related to grasshoppers and crickets, but unlike their cousins, they spend time at the tops of trees and foliage where the nicest leaves are located. These insects have ears on their front legs. Both genders make sounds and they 'sing' to each other, very romantic.
Full Name: True Katydid:
Genus: Pterophylla
Species: Camellifolia
Cool bug!
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M$Seems Katydid is the english/brittish word for them and they are actually called 'tettigoniidae'.
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I always called those 'little green grasshoppers' since they look like young version of a grasshopper.
Here is another picture of the same little bugger. I think you are right about this "Katydid" because number one it looks very very similar to that and number two when I had to move this guy to get at my freshly dry rug he flew away like a grasshopper. 
the leafiness of the wings is a natural camouflage. They apparently blend better than their grasshopper brethren.
That's cool Budda... he almost looks leaf shape from that angle.
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katydid common name of certain large, singing, winged insects belonging to the long-horned grasshopper family (Tettigoniidae) in the order Orthoptera. Katydids are green or, occasionally, pink and range in size from 1 1/4 to 5 in. (3-12.5 cm) long. Katydids are nocturnal and arboreal; they sing in the evening. The males have song-producing, or stridulating, organs located on their front wings. The females chirp in response to the shrill song of the males, which supposedly sounds like "katy did, katy didn't," hence the name. The song serves a function in courtship, which occurs in late summer. The female lays eggs in the ground or in plant tissue; the eggs hatch in spring. Newly hatched katydids resemble the adults except for their smaller size and lack of wings. Katydids are common in the E United States and are also found in the tropics. They are classified in the phylum
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