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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) » Lesser Meadow Katydids (Conocephalus) » Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus strictus)

Species Conocephalus strictus - Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus strictus - female Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus strictus - male Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus strictus - female Straight-lanced meadow katydid - Conocephalus strictus - female Straight-lanced meadow katydid - Conocephalus strictus - female Another unknown Katydid - Conocephalus strictus Tettigoniidae: Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (purple morph) - Conocephalus strictus - female straight-lanced meadow katydid - Conocephalus strictus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)
Genus Conocephalus (Lesser Meadow Katydids)
Species strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Size
13-30 mm
Identification
Large for a Conocephalus. Females have distinctive long straight ovipositor, exceeding body length. Male has long cerci. Tegmina (forewings) usually very short.

Short-winged form is 13-22 mm, long-winged 21-30 mm.
Range
Eastern and Central United States.
Habitat
Dry grasslands, old fields with grasses.
Season
Late summer to early fall. July-October (Michigan). August-frost (North Carolina)
Food
Grasses.
See Also
Large Meadow-katydids, Orchelimum
Print References
Capinera, pp. 182-183, plate 40--illustration of female (1)
Helfer, p. 266, fig. 409 (2)
Bland, p. 150, fig. 21G--male cerci (3)
Brimley, p. 20 (4)
Internet References
SINA
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker
2.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
By Jacques R. Helfer
3.Orthoptera of Michigan
By Roger Bland
4.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 July, 2005 - 12:35am

I'm pretty sure I've seen thi
I'm pretty sure I've seen this species devour grasshoppers that were the same size as it: at least in captivity. Although it had grass and did eat it, it also would grab onto the heads of small grasshoppers and effectively end them. Then they would snack on them slowly. Surprised me. I released all those katyids afterwards as I feared they would eat all the small grasshoppers in the cage.
… BirdwingFan, 19 October, 2006 - 6:02pm

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