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Black-kneed Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus melaenus
Conocephalus melaenus, sometimes known as the black-kneed conehead or black-kneed meadow katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia.
From the article Conocephalus melaenus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This medium-sized conehead has hind femora with knees darkened: which is diagnostic. The crimson-orange nymphs are quite noticeable in the grasses and shrubs where they develop.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372673.