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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Coneheads (Copiphorini) » Common Coneheads (Neoconocephalus) » Sword-bearing Conehead (Neoconocephalus ensiger)
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Sword-bearing Conehead - Neoconocephalus ensiger - male
Copyright © 2010 Ilona L.

Sword-bearing Conehead - Neoconocephalus ensiger - Male
Cross Plains - Ice Age Trail, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 2, 2010
Size: ~30mm - body
Neoconocephalus?

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 3 July, 2010 - 1:15am
Last updated 5 November, 2017 - 6:44pm

Moved
Moved from Common Coneheads.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 December, 2010 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

 
Katydid - Neoconocephalus ensiger
A big Thank You to you for the ID:) I've been wondering about this one for some time. I think it's amazing that I've never seen one of these until this past summer. It's not like their tiny or anything.
… Ilona L., 9 December, 2010 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
I neglected to comment when I moved it,
but basically it's the only species in your area that fit the way this nymph is built and colored. I used to go out hunting these by following their song at night with a flashlight when I was a young kid in Iowa and later in northeastern Colorado, so they have always had a bit of a nostalgic quality for me. Really neet insects.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 December, 2010 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids. Nymph of a male conehead katydid, no question.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 August, 2010 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers.
… Ilona L., 19 July, 2010 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

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