Spotted Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus maculatus is a species of bush cricket in the cone head subgenus Anisoptera. It has a widespread distribution in Africa southern and South-East Asia and is a pest of millets and maize in Northeast India. During the summer of 2008, a large swarm severely damaged millet and maize crops in Manipur and Nagaland.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Spotted Meadow Katydid being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Orchelimum unispina
• Conocephalus upoluensis
• Conocephalus albescens
• Conocephalus exemptus
• Conocephalus gracillimus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Conocephalus

Species

Conocephalus maculatus

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