Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus (Davis, 1887) - Slightly Musical Conehead

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Taxonomy
Family: Tettigoniidae Subfamily: Copiphorinae Tribe: Copiphorini
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images,  iNaturalist, GBIFSINA 197a.htm                                                                                  
Distribution in North Carolina
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Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus
Adult Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Diet: Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009).
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Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Brunswick Co.
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