#3972 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Long-winged Conehead

🇳🇱 Zuidelijk spitskopje ·Conocephalus fuscus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sotiris Kountouras · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Waterland 141, Groningen, Groningen, NL:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Conocephalus fuscus , the long-winged conehead , is a member of the family Tettigoniidae. This bush-cricket is native to the British Isles where it may confused with the short-winged conehead ( Conocephalus dorsalis ). These two species are phenotypically similar; however, the distinguishing factor between the two is the fully developed set of wings the long-winged conehead possesses that allows for flight. In the short-winged coneheads the hind wings are shorter than the abdomen, causing the wings to be vestigial...

base stats

NL sightings 296iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,560iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 296 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
10,560 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793 (233 years ago).