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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) » Greater Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum) » Red-headed Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum erythrocephalum)
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Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male
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Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - Male
Fews Ford, Eno River State Park, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
November 4, 2005
Size: 33 mm
Detail of cerci.

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The cerci match well, confirming the identification, though this species can almost always be recognized by the bright red head in both sexes.

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Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male Red-headed Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male
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Contributed by Cotinis on 7 November, 2005 - 3:34pm

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