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Cone-headed Katydid

Ruspiola sp.

Description:

Attracted to the porch light

Habitat:

Grassland and open Bushveld.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Cone-headed Katydid
Ruspiola cf. consobrina Unknown spotting | Project Noah


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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Ruspiola sp., but not Nitidula, this would be an European species. I think yours might be Ruspiola consobrina, see the link.

Johan Heyns
Spotted by
Johan Heyns

Lesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on Feb 8, 2013
Submitted on Feb 9, 2013

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