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Long-Winged Conehead Again

 

 

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.

 

This image is of a macropterous Long-Winged Conehead.

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Uploaded on August 9, 2015
Taken on August 7, 2015