Conocephalus fuscus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Conocephalus fuscus, the long-winged conehead, is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, the bush-crickets and is distributed through much of Europe and temperate Asia. This bush-cricket is native to the British Isles where it may confused with the short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis). These two species are phenotypically similar; however, the distinguishing factor between the two is the fully developed set of wings the long-winged conehead possesses that allows for flight. In the short-winged coneheads the hind wings are shorter than the abdomen, causing the wings to be vestigial and the species is incapable of flight. For this reason it is hard to discriminate between the two species during the early stages of their life cycle before the wings have fully developed. The colouration of the conehead is typically a grass green with a distinctive brown stripe down its back, though there are some brown phenotypes.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-Winged Conehead sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 351st most-seen of the 1406 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-Winged Conehead in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. Those are among Vienna's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-Winged Conehead sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Long-Winged Conehead sightings, Vienna ranks 10th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Warsaw (Poland, about 10%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Long-Winged Conehead that you can see in Vienna (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 30%), Mediterranean Katydid (about 20%) and Dark Bush-Cricket (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Long-Winged Conehead is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (42 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
