Conocephalus saltans (Scudder, 1872) is a animal in the Tettigoniidae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Conocephalus saltans (Scudder, 1872)

Conocephalus saltans (Scudder, 1872)

Conocephalus saltans, the prairie meadow katydid, is a Tettigoniidae meadow katydid species found in North America.

Family
Genus
Conocephalus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Conocephalus saltans (Scudder, 1872)

Conocephalus saltans (Scudder, 1872), most commonly called the prairie meadow katydid, is a species of meadow katydid that belongs to the family Tettigoniidae. This species also goes by the other common names western prairie grasshopper and wingless prairie grasshopper. It is found in North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Conocephalus

More from Tettigoniidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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