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title: "Large Conehead"
description: "Ruspolia nitidula — Insetos e aranhas. Ruspolia nitidula, the large conehead, is a species of bush cricket belonging to the subfamily Conocephalinae of the family Tettigoniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/large-conehead
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large Conehead

> Ruspolia nitidula — Insetos e aranhas. Ruspolia nitidula, the large conehead, is a species of bush cricket belonging to the subfamily Conocephalinae of the family Tettigoniidae.

- Scientific name: *Ruspolia nitidula*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 8048
- Wikidata: [Q1548359](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1548359)
- iNaturalist taxon: [362292](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/362292)

## Names

- en: Large Conehead
- de: Große Schiefkopfschrecke
- fr: Ruspolie à tête de cône
- nl: Grote spitskop

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1928), AT (1318), IT (1145), ES (827), PT (707), DE (418), CH (244), UA (134), SI (121), HR (118), PL (114), CZ (91)

## Summary

Ruspolia nitidula, the large conehead, is a species of bush cricket belonging to the subfamily Conocephalinae of the family Tettigoniidae. It is found throughout Europe, Africa, and the Palearctic part of Asia. A vernacular name that has been used is "cone-headed grasshopper", although it is not a grasshopper, but rather a bush cricket.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruspolia_nitidula

## Photo

![Large Conehead](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-conehead/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dennis Chanter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237080912

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-conehead?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).