Senecio mandraliscae is an easy plant to grow and kind of fun, as demonstrated by this katydid nymph walking across the tips of a prostrate branch in my garden. When this senecio gets too big or lanky, I just whack off (that is a technical term, folks) the stem and plant it. Strip the cylindrical leaves from the bottom two or three inches of the cut stem, then let the stem dry for a day or two. Stick it into soil and voila, more senecio fun for you and the buggies.
I do believe this katydid is scudderia furcata, fork-tailed bush katydid.
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Your post title reminds me of the song "Walking on Sunshine", which I now have stuck in my head!
I agree, that's a scudder katydid. The more you see of the "new" P. nana katydids, the easier it gets to tell them apart.
Ha ha so my evil plot worked,
Ever since I heard Carl Sagan say we're all made of star-stuff, I always think of plants (and, by extension every other living thing) as solidified sunshine + air. So, he really is walking on sunshine.
whoo oh, and don't it feel good?
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