Long-winged Conehead

The long-winged conehead (Conocephalus discolor) is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, generally known as katydids or bush crickets. It has a body length of about 18-22mm. It has a green colored body with brown wings, which exceed beyond the tip of its abdomen. Females are easily distinguished from males by their long brown colored ovipositor.

Long-winged Conehead (Conocephalus discolor) Female

Long-winged Conehead (Conocephalus discolor) Male

Great Green Bush Cricket

The Great Green Bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) is a species of bush cricket (katydid) in the family Tettigoniidae. Their nymphs start emerging in February. The species is abundant in plain areas of NWFP and is consider a pest of economic significance, damaging wheat and tobacco crops.

Great Green Bush Cricket Male

Great Green Bush Cricket Female

Great Green Bush Cricket Female Eating a Male

Great Green Bush Cricket Nymph

Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket

Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera falcata) belong to family Tettigoniidae (Katydids or Bush-crickets), subfamily Phaneropterinae. They are very similar to great green bush-crickets, but have slenderer bodies and longer hind pair of legs. In great green bush-cricket both wings are of the same length, while in the Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket the top wing is shorter. They have very long hind wings almost double the body length.

Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket Male

Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket Female

Brown Speckled Katydid/Bush Cricket

Here are a few pictures of an unidentified short-winged katydid/bush cricket (family: Tettigoniidae) sitting on a wild marijuana leaf. It has a greenish brown body with black/dark-brown speckles on its body and that is why I called it brown speckled katydid. It will be more suitable to name it as 'brown speckled short-winged katydid'.

Any help regarding the correct identification will be highly appreciated.

Brown Speckled Katydid/Bush Cricket