Two striped Slant faced grasshopper

You are very welcome! These grasshoppers can be tricky!

This is a wonderful spotting of a beautiful insect called a Toothpick Grasshopper! They are members of the Gomphocerinae or Slant-faced Grasshoppers (if you look at the face you can see why they are called that!). Amblycorypha huasteca or the Texas Oblong-winged Katydid looks a bit different. You can compare yours to the ones on this page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/462708 One sure way to tell Grasshoppers apart from Katydids (and Crickets) is that Grasshoppers have shorter, thicker antennae, while Katydids an Crickets have long, thin, thread-like antennae. There are some other differences but that is one that is easier to observe most of the time. You are lucky that you have these cool guys where you live. They don't occur up here in NY. Hope this helps!