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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Greater Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum) » Red-headed Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum erythrocephalum)
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Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male
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Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - Male
American Tobacco Trail north of Scott King Road, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
October 1, 2004
Detail of cerci. Compare with page at Singing Insects of North America, detail of cercus from above:



This species is easy to identify by the bright red head, but it is nice to compare cerci with illustrations as well.

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Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male
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Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2005 - 2:47pm
Last updated 3 October, 2005 - 9:36pm

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