I found this bug in the middle of a rural road in south central Illinois on Sept 30 at 3:17 PM. I thought it was a grasshopper, but it has a long tail appendage like a wood borer would have. It also has very long antennae, and a pointed nose which is not much like a grasshopper. It measured about 3 inches long.
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Kinda looks like a Sword Bearing Conehead (type of katydid).
http://bugguide.net/node/view/14481
Thanks to www.whatsthatbug.com
I like the katydid ID for starters, but the ovipositor (sticking out from the rear) is very different than all the katydid photos I can find.
Another thing to note was that the "cricket" noise was overwhelming and nearly everywhere, until the wind started blowing. They were mostly in the corn field stubble, and not much in the soybean fields.
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