Pollen feeding katydid

Entered scientific name for you.

Ah martinl ! - knew you'd know what it was. For me, it will be "the Ned Kelly katydid"

Check this: http://bunyipco.blogspot.com/2008/05/pollen-and-nectar-feeding-katydids.html good spotting !

http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_4077.php

It's definitely something in the water martin. Brett can you hold it until it gets an ID ?

http://peonyden.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

a katydid with a bit of mimicry, perhaps ?? - will research ..

please note my error in the earliest post; ornithoptera (=bird - wing) is a butterfly. I intended to write orthoptera (grasshopper)

Brett, I will go out on a limb here, (or maybe just a a stick.) Phasmatodea is a small group with only 104 described species in Australia and not even one of them like this. I suggest it is orthopteran, but I know less about these. Leaf litter models of mimicry is more likely in this group and the hind legs...hmmm... I do think so.

What a fantastic looking thing. Is this a Tasmanian invention? Good spotting Brett.

Wow, how cool. It does look like both. Interested to see what its identification is.

It's a beautiful insect Brett. Don't you have a complete picture?

I'm not sure if its a phasmid (stick insect) or an ornithoptera (grasshopper). It doesnt seem to fit either group very well. How odd this is!!! What do they put in your water?