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Straight lanced meadow katydids have wings but they may be quite short.
Straight lanced meadow katydid. A medium sized grasshopper like insect it has a blue green body red eyes and long black hind legs. The straight lanced meadow katydid is large and robust for a conocephalus ranging from 13 to 30 mm. Straight lanced meadow katydids range from southern new york to southern georgia and west from central arizona north to southern montana. The call begins with two or three tics followed by a gradually widening buzz.
This species is especially common in open fields and when disturbed they frequently stretch out clinging to a blade of grass and attempt to hide. This is a meadow katydid and katydids belong to the suborder ensifera the long horned orthoptera so named because of their long antennae which distinguishes them from grasshoppers. The black legged meadow katydid is one of our most beautiful native katydids. They are most active from mid summer to early autumn.
Straight lanced meadow katydid conocephalus strictus. Straight lanced meadow katydids usually have white eyes but they can sometimes have a pinkish hue. Look for this grass eating katydid in fields and meadows especially ones with tall grasses. Brown straight lanced meadow katydids at a park property in lake county that s not open to the public.
The ovipositor of the female is remarkably long a swordlike structure that is longer than the rest of the body. The forewings are very short. The straight lanced meadow katydid is common in pastures old fields roadsides and agricultural lands. Your specimen looks like a male wingless meadow katydid odontoxiphidium apterum which we identified on bugguide.
Tic tic buzzzzzzzzz tic tic tic buzzzzzzzzz. This little lady is a straight lanced meadow katydid conocephalus strictus and though it is not indicated on bugguide we suspect the straight lance is a reference to her lengthy straight oviopositor the organ the female uses to lay eggs. A faint continuous purr at 10 20 khz often with a pulsating quality.
