Species Neoconocephalus ensiger - Sword-bearing Conehead

Classification · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Internet References

Sword-bearing Conehead - Neoconocephalus ensiger - male

Illinois conehead - Neoconocephalus ensiger - male

N. ensiger - Neoconocephalus ensiger - male

Which conehead, image 1 of 2. - Neoconocephalus ensiger - female

Katydid - Neoconocephalus ensiger - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)

Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

Subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)

Tribe Copiphorini (Coneheads)

Genus Neoconocephalus (Common Coneheads)

Species ensiger (Sword-bearing Conehead)

Size

45-64 mm; males 45-55 mm, females 52-64 mm

Range

Central New Mexico, eastern Colorado, western Nebraska, to North Dakota, Ontario, Maine, and North Carolina.

Habitat

Moist, grassy areas.

Season

July-September

Internet References

SINA

Contributed by Cotinis on 7 April, 2005 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 12 December, 2008 - 9:23pm

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