Listen to the short-winged cone-head
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About the short-winged cone-head
The short-winged cone-head is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the short-winged cone-head sound like?
Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
From Wikipedia
Conocephalus dorsalis, the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Conocephalinae. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with floating plants, lowland peatlands, reed beds. It is found throughout Europe and it is common in northern Germany, Britain and southern Scandinavia.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a short-winged cone-head sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the short-winged cone-head on this page. Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
What family does the short-winged cone-head belong to?
The short-winged cone-head (Conocephalus dorsalis) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 897 12 Conocephalus dorsalis 70 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1794437 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Conocephalus dorsalis – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium – CC BY-SA 2.0