What is this damn loud ass bug?

September 1, 2011 3:11 PM

What is this bug? It looks like a cricket but, it is huge.

We keep finding bugs like this (or one who keeps sneaking back in) in our house. I have two pictures of it. It is a couple inches long, fairly thick and loud. It makes an ear piercing noise that lasts about a minute, but only a couple times a night.

Pic 1
pic 2

posted by SuzySmith to Science & Nature (7 answers total)

Best answer: Looks like a katydid to me.
posted by Maximian at 3:13 PM on September 1, 2011

Not a bug expert but right off the bat it looks like a walking leaf.
posted by brevator at 3:15 PM on September 1, 2011

Best answer: Katydid.
posted by empath at 3:25 PM on September 1, 2011

Best answer: N'thing katydid. Also known as the "I'm just gonna do some light yardwork hereeeEEEYYAHHHH GETITOFFGETITOFF!!!" bug.
posted by phunniemee at 3:28 PM on September 1, 2011 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Thank you, although the noise in that video is not what these loud ass things make, the sound is nonstop for about a minute. If I can catch it make the noise, I will.

Looking further through that videos comments some are saying that is actually a tree cricket.

I do not like katydids, at all. I went to pick the damn thing off the floor, thinking it was a leaf, and it flew. That sent me screaming like I had lost my mind.
posted by SuzySmith at 3:31 PM on September 1, 2011 [4 favorites]

Best answer: SuzySmith, was it more like this? I started playing this video and my partner was like "Ugh, what is that awful noise?"
posted by Made of Star Stuff at 4:50 PM on September 1, 2011

Response by poster: That is the noise! Thank you.
posted by SuzySmith at 4:33 PM on September 4, 2011