Coneheads are coming! Will it be sabres or scimiters at dawn??

At long last the little tiny baby Conehead Crickets are getting to a size where we can identify them!

This one has nice short wings and is therefore a Long-winged Conehead..... hang on a minute? that makes no sense whatsoever!

There are clues that tell you that it is (or will be!) a Long-winged rather than Short-winged Conehead.....  honest!

• the dark stripe down the back means that it is not yet adult and it will be fully green once it has moulted for a final time
• and yes the wings are currently short but will be long after this moult but it is the ovipositor that helps clinch the id. She will use this to cut a slot in a leaf to lay her eggs and in the SWCH it curves up like a scimitar and in the LWCH it is straight like a sabre!

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