Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Tettigoniidae Members:	NC Records
Neoconocephalus retusus (Scudder, 1878) - Round-Tipped Conehead

Taxonomy

Family: Tettigoniidae

Subfamily: Copiphorinae

Tribe: Copiphorini

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF	SINA 193a.htm
Singing Behavior: Song is a continuous, dry, raspy buzz (Elliot and Hershberger, 2006). The dominant frequency in several of our recordings is at 15 to 15.5 kHz. Neoconocephalus triops, velox, and robustus have similar songs but are lower in pitch and usually much louder. In North Carolina, retusus matures in September, whereas both velox and triops only sing earlier in the year (although triops is present as non-singing adults through the winter).
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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) describes this species as found "usually in grass."

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See also Habitat Account for General Successional Fields and Forblands

Status in North Carolina

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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S4S5

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Image Gallery for Neoconocephalus retusus - Round-Tipped Conehead
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Carteret Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Carteret Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Donald Zepp Johnston Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Donald Zepp Johnston Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Donald Zepp Johnston Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Donald Zepp Johnston Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Donald Zepp Johnston Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Donald Zepp Johnston Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Columbus Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Columbus Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Buncombe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Buncombe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: David George and Steve Hall Chatham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George and Steve Hall Chatham Co. Comment:	Recorded by: David George and Steve Hall Chatham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: Male heard singing out in old field vegetation	Recorded by: Simpson Eason Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Simpson Eason Durham Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Vin Stanton Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Vin Stanton Buncombe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall Orange Co. Comment: Recorded in capivity	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Dee Stuckey Orange Co. Comment: 70 degrees F (= 21 C)
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Dee Stuckey Orange Co. Comment: 70 degrees F (= 21 C)	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: J. Wyche Gates Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: FKW Gates Co. Comment:	Recorded by: FKW Gates Co. Comment:

Neoconocephalus retusus (Scudder, 1878) - Round-Tipped Conehead

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