Identify the bug.

[Man]

jerusalem crickets.

[Hillary]

I am not a bug expert, but I am guessing they havent made it to adulthood yet. Which explains the lack of wings and coloration. If you have an aquirium, put them in there and provide some habitat and see what they do over the next month or so.

They have small reddish maroon wings on their back.

[buzzcut]

Only Katydid I ever seen was green. Maybe there's other varieties though.

[tgil]

that is species catfishbaitous!

[1troubleshooter]

Central Texas Leaf-Katydid
"Red Kaytdid"

[TMC50]

We are covered in this things in Pipe Creek! They also can hang on to a jeep windshield at 55!

[avidhunter75]

looks like species of locust to me, I've always called, and been told that katydid's are the bugs that shed their skin and leave it behind.

[CTD2011]

Okay I guess I have to do it.... I have just sent a pic to a real life entomologist with a Phd in entomology. Stay tuned.

[Legdog]

My uncle Winfiled Sterling is a retired entomolgy professor from Texas A&M.

He's a really cool guy and would probably get a kick out of helping... but I think the GS has it covered.

[systemnt]

I'm telling you ...ive seen these guys before... they carry micro-neptunian plasma lasers, breath through their toes, and smoke camel un-filtereds....
They are a big part of the intergalatic 'probing' effort of 1993.

[fritztown]

One gave me the scare of my life 2 weeks ago in Cotulla.

Picked one up out of curiosity and had to throw him 50 feet before his big tooth-like mandibles hunkered down into me...

He then was introduced to the camp fire...

[hosskix]

looks like species of locust to me, I've always called, and been told that katydid's are the bugs that shed their skin and leave it behind.

Those are cicadas.
Growing up we always called them locusts though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada

[Jp.]

I'm telling you ...ive seen these guys before... they carry micro-neptunian plasma lasers, breath through their toes, and smoke camel un-filtereds....
They are a big part of the intergalatic 'probing' effort of 1993.

So was this at "Area 51"

Sorry Hillary couldnt resist.
And Im still looking up google results.

[papabearclif]

katydid

[Hillary]

Central Texas Leaf-Katydid
"Red Kaytdid"

Oh you were spot on.

Paracyrtophyllus robustus



Thank you Thank you Thank you!

Oh and it is a Nymph, so it still has some growing to do. Apparently, from what I read, they are common to having a localized population boom. That would explain it.