Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
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) » Lesser Meadow Katydids (Conocephalus) » Woodland Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus nemoralis)

Species Conocephalus nemoralis - Woodland Meadow Katydid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References
Katydid - Conocephalus nemoralis - female Conocephalus nemoralis - Conocephalus nemoralis - male Orthoptera - small, ruddy in color - Conocephalus nemoralis - female Orthoptera - small, ruddy in color - Conocephalus nemoralis - female Katydid - Conocephalus nemoralis - male Conocephalus nemoralis - female Katydid - Conocephalus nemoralis - male October songster - Conocephalus nemoralis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)
Tribe Conocephalini (Meadow Katydids)
Genus Conocephalus (Lesser Meadow Katydids)
Species nemoralis (Woodland Meadow Katydid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conocephalus (Conocephalus) nemoralis (Scudder, 1875)
Identification
Robust in form, female with thick curved ovipositor for genus. Dark color - sides usually black. Male with veins in tegmina heavy and usually pale in color.

Song is a series of brief, quiet buzzes or trills, often given at uneven intervals and sometimes preceded by a burst of rapid clicks
Range
Range map (SINA)
Habitat
Undergrowth on borders of woods and open woodlands
Remarks
This species is somewhat intermediate in character between the genera Conocephalus and Orchelimum.
Internet References
Singing Insects of North America
OSF
Songs of Insects
Contributed by Jeffrey Cole on 27 December, 2007 - 2:51am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, metrioptera, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 10 June, 2020 - 4:28pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact