Bush Katydid Nymph

This baby Bush Katydid is definitely one of the cutest sightings I've made in a while. You'll notice the black-and-white striped antennae, a feature peculiar to only a few Scudderia species, and the pointed projection between the eyes. The direct sunlight on the katydid's body in the photo is a little deceiving, so its hard to judge the color as yellow or green. My best guess is that this is a an early instar of Scudderia furcata, the Fork-tailed Bush Katydid.

Note: Bush Katydids belong to the subfamily Phaneropterinae, the False Katydids. But they're still katydids. The entomologists just call them "false" to distinguish them from the "true" katydids of Pseudophyllinae, a name which for some bizarre reason has the prefix "Pseudo-", which usually means "false." I have no idea why they made this so confusing, but there it is.

References:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7130 (Scudderia)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9997 (comment on nymph antennae)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/153674 (further discussion of nymph antennae)
http://www.austinbug.com/tettigoniidae.html (photo gallery & discussion of katydids)
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/g060a.htm (Scudderia)
http://www.americaninsects.net/o/scudderia-furcata.html (S. furcata)
http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Scudderia+furcata&guide=Cricket_and_katydid_species_north_of_Mexico&flags=HAS: (S. furcata)
http://idtools.org/id/citrus/pests/factsheet.php?name=Fork-tailed+bush+katydid (fact sheet)