How to identify it?
Male
A pair of slender filiform antennae. Yellow compound eyes. Maxillary palp and labial palp are conspicuous. Pronotum saddle-shaped. Posterior edge's rear protuberance has a pair of orange spots. Wing short, small, easy to overlook. 3 pairs of legs, pleopods strong jumping legs. Dorsal line extending from head throughout abdomen rear end. Male, abdomen rear end with a pair of upward-curling cerci.
Female
Female, appearance similar to the male individual, but abdomen rear end with a sickle-shaped ovipositor.

Scientific Classification

Phylum
Arthropods Class
Bugs Order
Weta Family
Katydids Genus
Meconema Species
Southern oak bush cricket