Meadow katydid at Dry Plain, NSW
Identification history
| Conocephalus semivittatus | 30 Apr 2023 | RogerF |
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User's notes
Location GPSed. Species is best guess based on CNM field guide. Assume it was waiting for prey to capture?
2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
30 Apr 2023
Merrinella is a cricket and a grassland vegetarian. This is a vegetarian katydid (female) often seen feeding on flowers especially daisies.
AndyRoo
wrote:
30 Apr 2023
Thanks Roger. Yes I just saw it in your book and realised my ID was incorrect.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.912433-36.113276
- Altitude 1142.0m
- Maps Top Hut TSR
- Places Dry Plain, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Mar 2022 11:45 AM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Katydids (Tettigoniidae) AndyRoo Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Conocephalus semivittatus
Additional information
- Hypochaeris radicata. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Waiting for prey to capture Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Conocephalus semivittatus Scientific name
- Meadow katydid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1494.78m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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