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Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus strictus

3,827 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 36, February 35, March 40, April 75, May 46, June 30, July 30, August 21, September 29, October 60, November 34, December 33.
United States2,099
Texas413
Illinois180
Virginia153
Arizona133
Maryland130
Canada96
Ontario96
Massachusetts92
North Carolina86

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

Remember the name next time.

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