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grasshopper - Neoconocephalus triops - male
Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

grasshopper - Neoconocephalus triops - Male
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
December 1, 2008
Size: 1.5 inches
In a romaine lettuce shipment.
ID please??

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grasshopper - Neoconocephalus triops - male grasshopper - Neoconocephalus triops - male
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 1 December, 2008 - 2:55pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 5:50pm

Male conehead katydid.
Nice images of a male conehead katydid, genus Neoconocephalus. Careful, they can bite hard with those strong jaws (used to grind up grass seeds that they eat). This is almost certainly a native Florida species, probably N. triops, the broad-tipped conehead.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 December, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks Eric!
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