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Brown Conehead - Neoconocephalus triops - female
Copyright © 2007 Bobby Grizzard

Brown Conehead - Neoconocephalus triops - Female
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 9, 2007
Size: Large, >2"
There were two of these on my porch tonight. One was trapped in my butterfly net, which was just leaning against the wall :P.

It resembles a green one I found this summer: . That one was identified as Neoconocephalus by Eric Eaton.

Female?

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Contributed by Bobby Grizzard on 9 October, 2007 - 10:27pm
Last updated 10 October, 2007 - 3:49pm

Female conehead.
This is a female (note ovipositor, lack of stridulatory area on "shoulders"), and probably the broad-tipped conehead, Neoconocephalus triops. I'll move to the species page, since I'm pretty confident on this, thanks to a nice shot of the underside of the "cone."
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 October, 2007 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again, Eric
I had seen that species in the guide and noted its similarities to my specimen, but there are a lot of species in the genus, and I know better than to assume I've found a match :).
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