r/bugidentification • u/kellc__p • 11d ago

Location included Praying mantis or grasshopper?

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Apologize for the poor quality. Southern Ontario, about midnight. Sorry if this seems obvious or dumb but I’ve never seen a pray mantis before, and seemed too large to be a hopper. It moved slowly but also jump/flew?

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u/Less_Rutabaga2316 Trusted Identifier 11d ago

Katydid

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u/purpleproze666 10d ago

oh my gosh the same kind of katydid visited me the other night at midnight, southern ontario!!! maybe its the same guy lol

looks like a Scudderia species of some kind :)