What is this?

[InverseOfNeo]

This is on the outside of my window. It looks like a praying mantis type thing.
from its underside
tried to get the side of it
I couldnt get it from the top. I am just curious as to what it is.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

a thread

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

j/k - I dunno what it is other than some insect.

nik

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
This is on the outside of my window. It looks like a praying mantis type thing.
from its underside
tried to get the side of it
I couldnt get it from the top. I am just curious as to what it is.

not a praying mantis.

looks like a grasshopper or locust to me

 

[no0b]

?? some sort of grasshoper thingy

Ive seen those around the polo grounds at first glance they look like leaves but when you get closer you see the legs and such.

 

[BatmanNate]

Dip it in Chocolate and eat it. Yum.

 

[MacBaine]

grasshopper

 

[Electric Amish]

Grasshopper, locust, or Cicada.

amish

 

[aphex]

a bug.

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Originally posted by: aphexII
a bug.

haha thats pretty fun-e. Could it be a walking stick? I talked to my friend who is an agricultural bio major and said it could be a walking stick, they are kinda of a cross between a grasshopper and a praying mantis.

 

[Electric Amish]

It is not a walking stick.

Walking stick.

amish

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Grasshopper, locust, or Cicada.

amish

Yup.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Grasshopper, locust, or Cicada.

amish

definitely ain't no cicada. Cicadas looks like BIG-ASS flies, but longer. and LOUDER

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Grasshopper, locust, or Cicada.

amish

This is like 3-4" long. Can grasshoppers get that big? And I thought locusts were more of a brownish color. This is definately a grass color.

 

[Spoooon]

Cricket or katydid perhaps. link

 

[spanky]

looks like it's gonna tear u a new one if that piece of glass wasn't holding it back.

 

[stev0]

go squish it.

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
looks like it's gonna tear u a new one if that piece of glass wasn't holding it back.

hahaha thats what i was thinking. And the measurement I gave above was its body only....antennae adds about 2-3 inches.

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Looking at the pics in the last link provided, I think its either a katydid or a bush cricket because of its hind legs. Its body is more like a katydid but its antennae are more like the bush cricket.