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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) » Lesser Meadow Katydids (Conocephalus) » Slender Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus fasciatus) » Conocephalus fasciatus fasciatus
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Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus fasciatus - female
Copyright © 2012 Necturus

Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus fasciatus - Female
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 12, 2012
Maybe Conocephalis brevipennis?
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Contributed by Necturus on 15 September, 2012 - 1:04pm
Last updated 15 September, 2012 - 2:31pm

looks more like a female Conocephalus fasciatus to me
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 September, 2012 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok thanks. I had eliminated t
Ok thanks. I had eliminated that species because the resource I was looking at said they had wings that were much longer than the body and this one didn't seem to match that.
… Necturus, 17 September, 2012 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
The wings are both unusually short, and unusually dark,
but I've seen both conditions (particularly westward). Sorting these out can be very difficult, especially for females, but this seems like the best option to me. There are other similar species, but they all seem to have some structural trait (mostly the shape and size of the ovipositor) that rules them out.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 September, 2012 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again for the help.
Thanks again for the help.
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