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Macropterous Long-Winged Conehead F
Excited to stumble across good numbers of these beauties on a local patch. I will be there often.
The Long-Winged Conehead (conocephalus discolor) appear in two forms, the normal winged form and an extra long winged form called macropterous.
The numbers of macropters in a population increases with density and also at more northern latitudes. This enables the spreading of the species as these longer winged forms can hold sustained flight 3 times further than the normal form, roughly 1.5mi as opposed to 0.5mi. The UK is at the northern extent of the range of this species.
This image is of a macropterous Long-Winged Conehead.
Macropterous Long-Winged Conehead F
Excited to stumble across good numbers of these beauties on a local patch. I will be there often.
The Long-Winged Conehead (conocephalus discolor) appear in two forms, the normal winged form and an extra long winged form called macropterous.
The numbers of macropters in a population increases with density and also at more northern latitudes. This enables the spreading of the species as these longer winged forms can hold sustained flight 3 times further than the normal form, roughly 1.5mi as opposed to 0.5mi. The UK is at the northern extent of the range of this species.
This image is of a macropterous Long-Winged Conehead.