| Scientific name: | Pterophylla camellifolia (Fabricius) |
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| Vernacular name: | Common true katydid |
| Higher classification: | Orthoptera, Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Pseudophyllinae |
| NATL ecosystem(s): | Hammock |
| Microhabitat(s): | Crowns of hardwoods, nearly always out of reach. |
| Seasonality: | Adults June to October; one generation per year; overwinters as egg. |
| Long term occurrence: | Native, continually present |
| Identification: | Loud, raucous, nocturnal song from high in trees; 4-7 pulse chirps rhythmically produced; neighboring individuals alternate their chirps. Forewings cupped; antennae stiff (see figure). |
| Other information: | Seldom seen, always heard at night during calling season. |
| Author/date: | T.J. Walker, 1995 |
| Scientific name: | Neoconocephalus triops (Linnaeus) |
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| Vernacular name: | Broad-tipped conehead |
| Higher classification: | Orthoptera, Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Copiphorinae |
| NATL ecosystem(s): | Hammock, upland pine, old-field succession. |
| Microhabitat(s): | Hides and feeds in lower strata; males sometimes call from high in trees. |
| Seasonality: | All individuals overwinter as diapausing adults; mating and male calling begin in late January; males mostly dead by March; females disappear by May. Some nymphs mature and mate in July and August; others mature later and don't mate until late winter. |
| Long term occurrence: | Native, continually present. |
| Identification: | Cone (projection of head above eyes) blunt, much broader than long. Tegmina extending rearward more than 1/4" beyond apices of hind femora. Males with conspicuous, black, longitudinal line at the left edge of stridulatory field. |
| Other information: | The only katydid known to have seasonally different calling songs. Males often (usually?) succumb to phonotactic parasitoid fly (Ormia linefrons). In winter generation most males are brown and most females are green. In summer generation, both males and females are mostly green. |
| Author/date: | T.J. Walker, 1995 |
