Fork-tailed bush katydid
Scudderia furcata

Type of Insect: katydid
Size: 3 inches
Overall Color: green
Larval Foods: plants
Adult Foods:
Larval Type: incomplete metamorphosis
status: common
Description: green grasshopper-like insects found normally on leaves of plants

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class: Hexapoda (Insects)
Order: Orthoptera (grasshoppers,katydids)
Family: 18 Tetigoniidae
Genus: Scudderia
Species: furcata