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Tiny tree cricket - Neoxabea bipunctata
Copyright © 2009 Mark Fox

Tiny tree cricket - Neoxabea bipunctata
Pearl River WMA, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 21, 2009
Size: <1cm
Very oddly shaped little guy. I presume it is a nymph (?)

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Contributed by Mark Fox on 27 April, 2009 - 3:42pm
Last updated 27 April, 2009 - 10:50pm

First posted photo of Two-spotted TC from
Louisiana.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 27 April, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Two-spotted Tree Cricket nymph
The 1 cm measurement must have been from the tips of the antennae to the tips of the outstretched back legs? It does look VERY young - possibly within the first few days or week of emerging? This genus, Neoxabea, are the only N. American tree crickets that are dark colored as nymphs. They often perch on surfaces with their abdomen tipped up and back -- unknown exactly why. (Seems to me to make them an easier pick-off target for wasps).

Do you know what type of plant/tree this was?
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 27 April, 2009 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Not star anise
I looked more closely at the photo and though lots of it was around, this is a different plant. I'll try to figure it out, we collected lots of plant vouchers from this site.
… Mark Fox, 27 April, 2009 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
I think it was on Star Anise (Illiciaceae, Illicium floridanum) elevated about 5m on the bank of the West Pearl River. The habitat was bottomland hardwood, so there were also lots of huckleberries (Ericaceae), deciduous azaleas, Lauraceae of a few types, beech, oak, red maple.

I could be off on my size measurement, I do remember it being quite small.
… Mark Fox, 27 April, 2009 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

 
1cm from tip to tip would make sense for a new nymph
The head & abdomen size on most tree cricket species is usually 3-4mm.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 28 April, 2009 - 5:54am login or register to post comments

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