The Short-winged Cone-head cricket (Conocephalus dorsalis) is one of the nine species of Orthoptera tentatively identified so far in the Charlton Down Nature Area in Dorset.
Listen here for the sounds this cricket makes which are normally beyond the range of the human ear. Tom Perrett has captured these stridulation noises using a bat recorder in our nature area, and has kindly permitted us to share the recording.
Useful Books and Links
A Pocket Guide to the Grasshoppers, Crickets and Allied Insects of Britain and Ireland, Bryan J Pinchen, Forficula Books, 2006, ISBN: 9780954934934.
A Photographic Guide to the Grasshoppers & Crickets of Britain and Ireland, Martin Evans and Roger Edmondson, Wild Guide UK, 2007, ISBN: 9780954950613.
Guide to British grasshoppers and allied insects, Field Studies Council Fold-out Guide, 3rd edition 2018, OP54, ISBN 978 1 85153 864 5
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/short-winged-cone-head
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