Black-kneed meadow katydid
Conocephalus melaenus
The black-kneed meadow katydid is a grasshopper-like insect with long feelers. Its back legs have dark knees, which is how you can tell it apart. Its babies are a bright crimson orange.
Lives in
China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India and Southeast Asia, in grass and shrubs
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
It lives in grass and bushes and eats plant parts and small insects, like other coneheads.
How fast is it?
Black-kneed meadow katydid about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its dark knees are the best way to recognise it.
2
Its crimson orange babies are easy to spot in the grass.
3
It is a medium sized conehead katydid.
you asked
Most asked questions about Black-kneed meadow katydid
?How can you recognise the black-kneed meadow katydid?
Look at its back legs. The knees are dark, almost black.
?Where does the black-kneed meadow katydid live?
In grass and bushes in East, South and Southeast Asia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Conocephalus melaenus
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Black-kneed conehead
Where the facts come from
- Conocephalus melaenus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by PD files. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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