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Katydid - Conenose species? - Neoconocephalus triops - female
Copyright © 2007 David Arbour

Katydid - Conenose species? - Neoconocephalus triops - Female
De Queen, Sevier County, Arkansas, USA
October 5, 2007
Size: ~ 3 inches.
Found on my front porch at night.

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Katydid - Conenose species? - Neoconocephalus triops - female Katydid - Conenose species? - Neoconocephalus triops - female
Contributed by David Arbour on 7 October, 2007 - 1:32pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 5:58pm

Yes, female.
At that size it is probably the "robust conehead," Neoconocephalus robustus. Males make an incredibly loud, continuous buzz. It is ear-splitting at close range. Update: Looking closely at the nose cone, I am siding with N. triops.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 October, 2007 - 4:26pm

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