Bug-eyed

Do I attract interesting bugs or am I just really attuned to them?

No one could help but notice this fellow, seeing as how he was really large and bright green against my living room wall. He was at least three inches long.

He moved quite slowly, too, gingerly stepping one skinny leg at a time up the plaster, and not too concerned about my lens so close. Which was good, since the light was not great and I hate using flash in a situation like this. I didn't want to wash him out, and I was afraid it would frighten him off. I braced the camera against the wall and set it on a long exposure.

Click on any photo to see it larger.
After he meandered around for a bit, I put a plastic cup over him, slid some paper over the top and put him outside on the honeysuckle vine.
Do you know what kind of bug he is? He looks like a leaf-hopper on steroids.

Edit: Answered my own question by image-Googling "big green bug" and poking around a bit. He's a katydid. Sometimes called a long-horned grasshopper but more closely related to crickets. We have quite the chorus of them these days! They're not known to be particularly destructive in gardens, so I'm glad I didn't hurt him.