Identification: A small conehead (length 37-52 mm) with a cone scarcely longer than wide. Wings extend less than 11 mm beyond hind femurs. Ovipositor slender and 30-40 mm long, much longer than hind femur.
Habitat: Dry to fairly wet grassy or weedy open areas-roadsides, old fields, edges of marshes.
Season: Aug.–Oct. The last Neoconocephalus to begin calling each summer; "
Neoconocephalus retusus, the round-tipped conehead, is a species of katydid or bush cricket in the family Tettigoniidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the eastern United States and southern Canada.[1][5]
Adult round-tipped coneheads range from 37 to 52 mm in length, and are commonly found in wet grassy and weedy areas during August, September, and October.[4]
Neoconocephalus retusus, the round-tipped conehead, is a species of katydid or bush cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in the eastern United States and southern Canada.
male specimen, Maryland, United StatesAdult round-tipped coneheads range from 37 to 52 mm in length, and are commonly found in wet grassy and weedy areas during August, September, and October.
Neoconocephalus retusus is een rechtvleugelig insect uit de familie sabelsprinkhanen (Tettigoniidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van deze soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1878 door Scudder.
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