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 States 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.
