Thank you for the ID, Roger. I am curious to know what other information I need to photograph? I thought the striped legs and face matched the photo ID on the species list for bush katydid, but I assume you need more photos of different areas of the katydid than I provided?
Which species is the bush Katydid? The early instar nymphs of all Caedicias, according to Rentz, have speckled appearance. Maybe we should call this nymph Caedicia sp.
Ummm - I'm sorry - I just searched on this site, and came up with this link, upon which I based by guessed ID: https://southcoast-nsw.naturemapr.org/species/10147
No worries, you did well. My friend Paul Wittingdon has a picture of a speckled nymph on SCNM that he has simply identified to family Phaneropterinae, bush katydids. Its almost certainly a Caedicia. He has now left SCNM and is with I-naturalist. Caedicia simplex is still the commonest species in your area.
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