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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Quiet-calling Katydids (Meconematinae) » Meconema » Drumming Katydid (Meconema thalassinum)
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Mystery Green Crickets - Meconema thalassinum - male
Copyright © 2007 Petra

Mystery Green Crickets - Meconema thalassinum - Male
Coquitlam, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
August 2, 2007
Size: two inches inc. antenna
Another cricket in my apartment.
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Contributed by Petra on 3 August, 2007 - 9:58pm
Last updated 6 August, 2007 - 7:50pm

Check out Meconema thalassinum - Drumming Katydid
in the guide here while you wait to hear from Eric. Seems to fit his description.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2007 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Bingo.
Drumming katydids are very distinctive in appearance, and that is what this is. It is an introduced (from Europe) species that is apparently now well-established in BC, as well as New England.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 August, 2007 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

Can't help with ID
...but these two photos are not of the same individual, so the photos should not be linked.
… Robin McLeod, 3 August, 2007 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

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