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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)
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Conehead 1 - Neoconocephalus - female
Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Bauman

Conehead 1 - Neoconocephalus - Female
Bartow, Polk County, Florida, USA
Size: 30mm long, 105mm wingspan
I found this strange conehead-looking insect on a concession tent during a fair in downtown Bartow. I thought that this was quite a strange place for him to be.

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Conehead 1 - Neoconocephalus - female Conehead 2 - Neoconocephalus - female Conehead Underside - Neoconocephalus - female
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Contributed by Jonathan Bauman on 23 August, 2011 - 3:27pm
Last updated 17 September, 2011 - 11:09pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 September, 2011 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

OK, this is tentative,
but the best fit, based on the apparent length of the ovipositor, wings, and the shape and coloring of the cone, seems to be Caudell's Conehead - Neoconocephalus caudellianus.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 August, 2011 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Ovipositor Length
I measured the ovipositor, and it is around 25mm long, just to give you a better idea of it than that shown in the images.
… Jonathan Bauman, 24 August, 2011 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

 
ID
Alright, I'll hold that ID unless something changes.
… Jonathan Bauman, 23 August, 2011 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

likely it is
but Polk County is getting really far south for that species. Can you take a photo that shows the underside of the "cone" on the front of the head. That will help a lot.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 August, 2011 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Sure. I'll upload it in a mi
Sure. I'll upload it in a minute.
… Jonathan Bauman, 23 August, 2011 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I was about to add to my comment.
but you were too quick. So, new one instead. Also, a photo that shows the entire length of the ovipositor is usefull for females (in some it sticks out way past the wings, in others it doesn't). I think I can see the end of the ovipositor, and it seems too short for N. retusus.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 August, 2011 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

To me it looks like a Round-tipped Conehead
(Neoconocephalus retusus)
… Alex Harman, 23 August, 2011 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

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