Conocephalus discolor (Thunberg, 1815)
Long-winged Conehead
Taxonomy:
- Orthoptera›Ensifera›Tettigonioidea›Tettigoniidae›Concephalinae›Conocephalus discolor
Status:
Distribution
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Recordings
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Calling song.
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The Long-winged Conehead heard clearly with a bat detector and similar to the Short-winged Conehead
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The Long-winged Conehead's long call can slow down like this but generally does not. Recorded with a bat detector.
Colours show the year of the last record -
| up to 1987 | 1988-97 | 1998 up to present |
Only Recording Scheme datasets are included. Other datasets on the Gateway may hold additional information.
Description:
Slender green cricket with brown wings and brown stripe along the back.
Size:
Wings:
Fully winged, with wings extending beyond the tip of the abdomen. An extra-long-winged form exists with much longer wings – reaching the end of the ovipositor or beyond in females.
Stridulation:
A prolonged rapid chuffing noise inaudible to many. Louder than the song of the Short-winged Conehead, and usually NOT alternating with a second, ticking noise.
Food:
Omnivorous, feeding on grasses as well as small insects.
Habitat:
Coarse vegetation in ungrazed downland, urban wasteland, coastal reedbeds, dry heaths and bogs. Females bite a hole in hollow stems of grass, reed or rush, and then insert an egg with their ovipositor.
Phenology:
Nymphs emerge in late May and June. Adults present from August until early winter.