Tettigoniidae – Metaballus frontalis – Marauding Katydid

Order Orthoptera; Family Tettigoniidae; Scientific name: Metaballus frontalis;

Common name: Marauding Katydid; Alternative common name: Bush Cricket - Nymph - Distribution in Australia: Western Australian endemic Katydid found in the broader south-west of the state north to Kalbarri NP and east to western edge of the Nullarbor Plain - Photographed in September in Yanchep National Park north of Perth.