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short-winged meadow katydid

Conocephalus brevipennis (Scudder 1862)

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map male male cercus male
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male female mating pair  
20 s of calling song; male from McCracken Co., Ky.; 23.0°C. Peak frequency ca. 13 kHz. (WTL234-8)
This waveform is a 5 s excerpt of the 20 s audio file accessible above. Click on waveform to expand 0.5 s of buzz. spectrogram
Song data: Excel worksheet and chart (from spectrographic analyses).
Seasonal data: N. Fla. seasonal data.
More information:
Subfamily Conocephalinae, genus Conocephalus.
References: Bailey & Morris 1986, Morris & Fullard 1983.
Nomenclature: OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).
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