Western Tree Cricket showing wings - Oecanthus californicus

Well, I was just recently in Hidalgo Co.

...and recorded the song of a tree cricket which looked just like this one. Mine turned out to be a Different-horned tree cricket.

Your photo just might be moved in the future to Different-horned as well. For now I'll leave it here....again, yours is a GORGEOUS photo.

… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 4 June, 2009 - 8:02am

Moved

Moved from Broad-winged Tree Cricket.

… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 5 September, 2008 - 10:48pm

This photo is being used on the Oecanthinae Info page.

...just FYI

… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 7 November, 2008 - 11:13pm

Moved

Moved from Snowy Tree Cricket. I'm moving this photo from Snowy to Western Tree Cricket. The head a true red color, the antennae are dark, and the hind 'knees' have an orange cast. None of these characteristics occur in Snowy -- but are found on Western Tree Crickets. Initially I thought this was a Broad-winged; but upon further review of the SINA site, the BLACK antennae are a match for the Pale variety of Western Tree Cricket. While the range maps on the SINA site do not show Westerns occurring in Texas -- tree crickets are spreading outside of these ranges. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE WINGS.

… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 5 September, 2008 - 10:14pm

This looks like a male calling -

A Beautiful photo!
I quickly googled around & found this image of a male in almost identical posture: Oecanthus fultoni .
And for the musically inclined visitors to your page, here's the site which lets you listen to the calling song, incl. one from TX: 1 .

… Hartmut Wisch, 3 October, 2007 - 11:38pm