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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) » Meadow Katydids (Conocephalini) » Greater Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum) » Red-headed Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum erythrocephalum)
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Unknown Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - male
Copyright © 2010 PJMiller

Unknown Katydid - Orchelimum erythrocephalum - Male
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
November 15, 2010
Size: 2-3 inches L (est)
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Contributed by PJMiller on 19 November, 2010 - 9:01am
Last updated 3 December, 2010 - 8:33pm

Yes, it is a male Red-headed Meadow Katydid
Another that sort of has the same look is Orchelimum concinnum the Stripe-faced Meadow Katydid, but rarely is it this red in the face (has red stripes instead), and it is more slender. For some reason that one isn't photographed often either. O. pulchellum has (apparently always?) distinctly blue eyes.

Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 December, 2010 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 1 December, 2010 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert
At first I thought Orchelimum pulchellum (Handsome Meadow Katydid), but maybe Orchelimum erythrocephalum (Red-headed Meadow Katydid) is a better match?
… John R. Maxwell, 19 November, 2010 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

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