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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » True Crickets (Gryllidae) » Tree Crickets (Oecanthinae) » Common Tree Crickets (Oecanthus) » Nigricornis Group (Oecanthus Nigricornis Group) » Prairie Tree Cricket (Oecanthus argentinus)
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TC - Oecanthus argentinus - female
Copyright © 2017 Gacko

TC - Oecanthus argentinus - Female
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
May 14, 2017
Size: 15mm

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TC - Oecanthus argentinus - female TC - Oecanthus argentinus - female
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Contributed by Gacko on 20 May, 2017 - 10:51pm
Last updated 22 May, 2017 - 3:46pm

I'm thinking this is a Prairie Tree Cricket, based on:
Upper outer antennal marking on 1st segment goes up and out. The head has a yellowish cast. There are dark areas on the distal limbs and on the antennae. The wings are rather long. This combination points toward O. argentinus...
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 22 May, 2017 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
I finally got one to species...
if just barely! :)
… Gacko, 22 May, 2017 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

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