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Prairie Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus saltans

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 3, February 3, March 4, April 7, May 11, June 6, July 6, August 5, September 5, October 3, November 3, December 3.
United States354
Canada131
Colorado58
Ontario54
Texas49
Michigan40
Saskatchewan39
Illinois35
North Dakota31
Minnesota22

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyKatydids · Tettigoniidae
GenusLesser Meadow Katydids · Conocephalus

Sources

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Practise Prairie Meadow Katydid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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