slightly musical conehead
Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus (Davis 1887)

map	brown male	female
face view	cone

	20 s of calling song [1.69MB]; male from Cape May Co., N.J.; 25.5°C. (WTL197-18a)
	18 s of calling song [1.50MB]; male from Cape May Co., N.J.; 25.7°C. (WTL197-17)
	24 s of calling song [2.11MB]; male from Cape May Co., N.J.; 25.5°C. (WTL197-18d)

Waveform of 5 s of calling at 25.5°C (from WTL197-18a). Peak frequency 11 kHz.
Click on first half of waveform to hear graphed song.
Click on second half of waveform to expand next-to-last complete chirp.

Identification: &nmbsp;The conehead with the longest cone: 4-6 mm, measured from the ventral tooth to the tip. Ovipositor 35-50 mm. Length 49-66 mm for males and 53-74 for females.

Habitat:  Wet or moist thickets, canebrakes, cattail marshes, along streams in forests, cornfields.

Season:  July–Sept.

Song:  Loud, raspy, brief (0.1 sec.) buzzes produced regularly for at least a few seconds at a rate of about 3 per sec. Neighboring individuals synchronize.

Song data:  Excel worksheet and chart (from spectrographic analyses).

Similar Species:  N. lyristes has a shorter, more slender-tipped cone.

More information:  subfamily Copiphorinae, genus Neoconocephalus

Nomenclature:  OSFO2 (Orthoptera Species File Online)