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A Slender Meadow Katydid in Washington Co., Maryland (8/19/2018). Determined by Brandon Woo/BugGuide.
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Jim Moore.
A Slender Meadow Katydid in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/18/2019). Determined by Brandon Woo/BugGuide.
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Barbara Thurlow.
A male Slender Meadow Katydid in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/16/2010). Determined by David J. Ferguson/BugGuide.
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Thomas Wilson.
A female Slender Meadow Katydid in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/23/2016). Determined by Brandon Woo.
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Diane Ford.
Slender Meadow Katydid in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/6/2020). (c) Sam Droege, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Sam Droege.
Conocephalus fasciatus, the slender meadow katydid, is a species of katydid of the family Tettigoniidae that is native to the United States and Canada.[1]
Conocephalus fasciatus is commonly found year-round throughout the United States and in the southern parts of Canada.[1] They are commonly found in grassy and weedy areas in a large range of habitats including pastures, open pine woods and roadsides.[2]
It is a small, slender katydid with long, narrow wings that extend beyond its posterior.[4] On average, C. fasciatus are 18–26 mm in length[2] and are usually a combination of brown and green in color.[4] In males, the cerci are green and have a stout tooth on the inner border as well as a tip that is weakly flattened. They have a straight ovipositor that is two-thirds the length of the hind femur. The Slender Meadow Katydid has a soft song that is a sequence of alternating ticks and buzzes that vary in duration from 1–20 seconds.[2]