Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus strictus
Identification 4
Wings usually short, but can occasionally be long like C. fasciatus. When short, wings are shorter than C. brevipennis. Male cerci are distinctive. Female ovipositor is longer than body. Females maybe most easily confused with C. saltans, but C. saltans has a shorter ovipositor, on average, and shorter wings. When in doubt, there are other characters in the key in Orthoptera of Michigan you can look for: prosternal spines and the number of apical spurs on the tibiae.
Resources 4
Species page at Singing Insects of North America: https://orthsoc.org/sina/238a.htm
Orthoptera of Michigan: https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/Ag.%20Ext.%202007-Chelsie/PDF/e2815.pdf
Occurrence 4
Statewide. This species has a wide range east of the Rockies.
Habitat 4
Drier habitats than some other Conocephalus, like dry grasslands or old fields.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Philip Woods, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Philip Woods
- (c) Rob Curtis, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rob Curtis
- (c) Sam Kieschnick, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), uploaded by Sam Kieschnick
- (c) Tyler Grant, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
