This little fellow recently showed up on our back fence. He's an Olive Green Swamp Grasshopper. I know it's been raining a lot here lately, but I'd hardly call my yard a swamp.
He must have been confused. I think he figured out he was in the wrong habitat because he soon disappeared. Or a Black Racer snake had a nice lunch.
From Grasshoppers of Florida:
Identification.
This species is greenish to greenish black, closely resembling Paroxya atlantica in most respects. As in P. atlantica, P. clavuliger is marked with a dark stripe extending from the eye onto the pronotum, but unlike in P. atlantica, the stripe usually continues to the hind margin of the pronotum. Paroxya clavuliger is easily confused with Melanoplus species, but its antennae and pronotum are inordinately long. In males, the antennae are about twice the length of the pronotum. Also in males, the dorsal surface of the pronotum is elongate, about twice as long as wide. In Melanoplus the antennae and pronotum are shorter. This species has bluish green hind tibiae. In males, the cerci are long, slender, constricted at the middle, strongly incurved, and with the tip flattened and broadly rounded. The antennae are strikingly long, in males measuring longer than the hind femora. In males, the cerci are long, slender, constricted at the middle, strongly incurved, and with the tip flattened and broadly rounded. The furcula is evident, measuring one-fourth to one-third the length of the supra-anal plate. The males measure 20-27 mm in length, the females 29-40 mm.
Similar Species.
The lengths of the antennae and pronotum serve to distinguish this species from Melanoplus species. The moderate size of P. atlantica serves to distinguish it from the similar, but larger, P. clavuliger. Also, the antennae of male P. atlantica are shorter than the hind femora, whereas in male P. clavuliger the antennae are longer than the hind femora.
Distribution and Ecology.
Paroxya clavuliger occurs throughout Florida, and is widespread in the eastern United States. It inhabits wet areas, and is normally associated with the edges of ponds, freshwater marshes, and coastal saltmarshes.