Meadow Katydids - Subfamily Conocephalinae
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Meadow katydids in Subfamily Conocephalinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- The katydid is watching us from its back.
The Meadow katydids in Subfamily Conocephalinae are usually small and slender. They are usually found on grasses and sedges. Males chorus loudly at evening or in afternoon on overcast days and their loud buzzing calls are common in grasslands.
- Blackish Meadow Katydid
- Conocephalus semivittatus, tribe Conocephalini, nymph, adult, body length 15mm-20mm
- Blackish Meadow Katydids live on grasses and have very long antennae. Their body is pale green in colour with dark brown on the back. Adults may have fully developed wings in dark brown colour, or un-developed wings. There are more pictures and information in this page.
- Red Meadow Katydid
- ? Conocephalus sp., tribe Conocephalini, body length 20mm
- This katydid is orange-red in colour. Its wings covered half of its abdomen. It was found in Wishart bushland in a early winter evening. It looks like a Meadow Katydid but we not quite sure. Please advise if you know its identity.
- Spine-headed Katydid
- Nicsara sp., tribe Agraeciini, nymph and adult, body length 40mm
- On a small gum tree, we carefully opened a bundle of leaves it and found the Spine-headed Katydid nymph hiding inside. We took the nymph home, fed it with fresh gum leaves. Few days later, it did the final moulting and became an adult. For more pictures and information please visit this page.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p382.
- 2. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p94.
