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Conocephalus fasciatus singing from shallow wetland - Conocephalus fasciatus - male

Conocephalus fasciatus singing from shallow wetland - Conocephalus fasciatus - Male
Sevenmile Creek, 8 km NW of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
September 30, 2021
Size: 11.81 mm (w/o wings)
Singing male katydid. At least 13 present, singing from constructed wetland area. Collected. Got sound recording but it did not pick up. Tracked down singer, singing from about 10-20 cm high on a Juncus stem. Let me approach to about 30 cm away before becoming quiet. Song a buzz followed by shorter 'ticks.' Smoky afternoon, sunny, light breeze, 62 F to 69 F. Shallow, moist area dominated by Juncus spp., seedling Salix spp., and with very shallow ponds dominated by Typha latifolia (this wetland area constructed in 2018).

Elevation ca 4000 feet. Disturbed riparian corridor on stream restoration site within a patchwork of native and non-native grassland.

Keyed to species in Fauske's online key. Not Orchelimum because the subanal plate was apically flat rather than U- or V-shaped. Among Conocephalus, distinguished by the wings longer than the abdomen, ventral surface of metafemur lacking spines, and tips of cerci flattened rather than rounded.

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