Can someone help me with the species of this conehead?
Referenced to a 1" OD water hose, this conehead has 30mm body length & 20mm ovipositor length. The ovipositor is approximately the same length as the hind femur. The shape and aspect ration of the cone (length:width=3:2) eliminates most but
N. caudellinus and
N. velox from Capinera
(1), p.170.
Both the Caudell's and the swift range on the Gulf Coast. However, from Capinera's description, the short-winged cattail seems a possibility (70% of Cattails are short-winged). Only problem with that ... cone on my specimen looks too wide.
Hopefully, this more detailed keys will help ID my conehead. As it is, I can't even place at genus, as the Cattail is not a
Neoconocephalus.