Black-kneed Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus melaenus · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

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Black-kneed Meadow Katydid
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The black-kneed meadow katydid is a medium-sized conehead whose hind femur knees are darkened. Its bright crimson-orange nymphs are easy to spot among grasses and shrubs where they develop.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The hind femora have knees that are darkened. Nymphs are bright crimson-orange and stand out in grasses and shrubs.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium-sized conehead.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Nymphs develop in grasses and shrubs.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Tettigoniidae)

Great Green Bush-cricketGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaCan biteDark Bush-cricketDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraMediterranean KatydidMediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsFork-tailed Bush KatydidFork-tailed Bush KatydidScudderia furcataDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpeckled Bush-cricketSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocephalus_melaenus

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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