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Short-winged Conehead

Conocephalus dorsalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,571, February 1,161, March 1,818, April 2,861, May 4,125, June 4,498, July 4,813, August 4,139, September 3,039, October 2,268, November 1,239, December 969.
United States32,508
Alaska32,501
Germany189
United Kingdom138
England131
Denmark127
France119
Poland90
Niedersachsen74
Netherlands67

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

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