Black-sided Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus nigropleurum · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

Also called: black-sided meadow grasshopper

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Black-sided Meadow Katydid
Photo: Bernie Paquette, CC BY

It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Conocephalus nigropleurum is the scientific name of the black-sided meadow katydid. It belongs to the family Tettigoniidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

The black-sided meadow katydid is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Vermont, Michigan, New York, Iowa.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Black-sided Meadow Katydid photo 2
Photo: Eric Johnson, CC BY
Black-sided Meadow Katydid photo 3
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY
Black-sided Meadow Katydid photo 4
Photo: Bernie Paquette, CC BY
Black-sided Meadow Katydid photo 5
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA

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_nigropleurum

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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