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Conocephalus spartinae - male
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Conocephalus spartinae - Male
Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
August 27, 2014
I found many of these calling in a salt marsh. A few Conocephalus brevipennis were calling nearby (but not in the marsh itself), so it was easy to hear the distinct differences in their songs.

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Conocephalus spartinae - male Conocephalus spartinae - male
Contributed by metrioptera on 28 August, 2014 - 8:44pm

Very cool find!
Wow! Great new addition to Bug Guide and super documentation of it, too. Congratulations on the find.
… Denis A. Doucet, 1 September, 2014 - 5:53am

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