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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » Trigonidiidae » Winged Bush Crickets, Trigs (Trigonidiinae) » Phyllopalpus » Handsome Trig (Phyllopalpus pulchellus)
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Red-Headed Cricket - Phyllopalpus pulchellus - male
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Red-Headed Cricket - Phyllopalpus pulchellus - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 23, 2009
Phyllopalpus pulchellus? Found on nandina leaf. Are the cerci indicative of male?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 24 June, 2009 - 10:15am
Last updated 18 October, 2010 - 9:51am

Females have cerci, too.
The key to the gender of this critter is the lack of an ovipositor, such as that sported by the cricket in this image http://bugguide.net/node/view/7575.
… James C. Trager, 20 August, 2009 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Cerci Issue
Thanks for clearing up the cerci issue, James
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 20 August, 2009 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

Yes.
Your ID is correct. This is a nymph (juvenile) male specimen.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 June, 2009 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

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