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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) » Spot-legged Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus stictomerus)
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Spot-legged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus stictomerus - female
Copyright © 2012 James Shelton

Spot-legged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus stictomerus - Female
Currituck Banks Eastuarine Reasearch Reserve, Corrola, Currituck County, North Carolina, USA
September 8, 2011

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Spot-legged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus stictomerus - female Spot-legged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus stictomerus - female
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Contributed by James Shelton on 15 September, 2012 - 8:54pm
Last updated 16 March, 2015 - 5:11pm

once I read the original description, it was obvious
This is Conocephalus strictomerus.

Moved from Lesser Meadow Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 16 March, 2015 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

This is not Orchelimum pulchellum,
but rather a species of Conocephalus. I'm not sure which one, but it seems to match rather closely one identified as C. aigialus at this web site. However, the allotype female specimen is quite different, and is more similar to the specimen already posted on BugGuide and tentatively identified as C. aigialus. It is possible that the female in your photo is even an unnamed species. It is also possible that the ovipositor is variable in length.

So, this is a confusing situation, and I'm not sure what to call this pretty Katydid.

Moved from Handsome Meadow Katydid.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 November, 2012 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID and information.
… James Shelton, 11 November, 2012 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Katydids.
… James Shelton, 2 October, 2012 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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