Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Tettigoniidae Members:	NC Records
Neoconocephalus robustus (Scudder, 1862) - Robust Conehead

Taxonomy

Family: Tettigoniidae

Subfamily: Copiphorinae

Tribe: Copiphorini

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF	SINA 195a.htm
Singing Behavior: Songs are supposedly the loudest of any of our native Orthopterans. Fulton (1932) described the song as a very loud buzzing given at night from mid to late summer.

Distribution in North Carolina


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Adult Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Fulton (1932) described the vegetation occupied by this species as consisting of "tall grass, weeds, or bushes."

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Status in North Carolina

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	Recorded by: Steve Hall, Bo Sullivan, Jim Petranka Moore Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall, Bo Sullivan, Jim Petranka Moore Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall, Bo Sullivan, Jim Petranka Moore Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall, Bo Sullivan, Jim Petranka Moore Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:

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