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Female katydid (conehead?) - Orchelimum - female
Copyright © 2009 Joe Zito

Female katydid (conehead?) - Orchelimum - Female
Cedar Rapids/Squaw Creek, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 19, 2009
Size: 37mm
meadow/partially restored prairie

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Female katydid (conehead?) - Orchelimum - female Female katydid (conehead?) - Orchelimum - female
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 20 July, 2009 - 9:10pm
Last updated 4 November, 2009 - 10:42pm

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… Joe Zito, 22 July, 2009 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

Larger meadow katydid.
One of the larger meadow katydids in the genus Orchelimum. True coneheads are even larger! 'This' genus is confounding because of all the variation in wing length, ovipositor shape, etc.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 July, 2009 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

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