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Tamarack Tree Cricket (Oecanthus laricis)
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Copyright © 2009
Hilma Anderson
Tree cricket?? -
Oecanthus laricis
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Franklin, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
September 13, 2009
Is this another tree cricket? Adult? Female?
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Contributed by
Hilma Anderson
on 13 September, 2009 - 6:49pm
Last updated 29 January, 2010 - 7:53pm
Moved
Moved from
nigricornis group
. Those dark brown femurs allow the ID as O. laricis.
Compared to O. pini which have green femurs, see here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/188094/bgimage
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 13 September, 2009 - 10:31pm
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Moved
Moved from
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. Pending ID by Dr. Walker. Is either O. pini or O. laricis. The femurs are dark brown, which might make it O. laricis.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 13 September, 2009 - 8:02pm
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This may be a very important find, Hilma
There's a possibility that this is a Tamarack tree cricket - Oecanthus laricis. They are only known to occur in southern Michigan and northeastern Ohio -- on Tamarack and Hemlock trees.
Where did you find this tree cricket....and what type of tree did you find it on. If it was not on a tree, what trees are nearby?
I'm going to send a message to Dr. Thomas J. Walker to see what he thinks. If it is a Tamarack tree cricket -- I may be visiting your town soon! We need to get more recordings of the song of this species.
BTW, I too am a nurse. :)
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 13 September, 2009 - 8:01pm
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Wow, and I almost didn't subm
Wow, and I almost didn't submit the photo...surprise, surprise. Actually, it was found over the top of my back door. However, our backyard is about 1/3 acre of woods with paths in it. We do have some hemlocks but I'm not sure about any tamaracks (larches). I do know that there is an absolute cacophony of cricket, cicadas, tree toads and more all day and night. Isn't this a happy surprise!
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Hilma Anderson
, 13 September, 2009 - 10:26pm
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Dr. Walker has confirmed that it appears to be
a Tamarack tree cricket! Pine tree crickets and Tamarack tree crickets look remarkably similar -- but the Tamarack tree cricket has dark brown femurs; while the Pine has green with brown.
This is the first photo in the guide of O. laricis.
I'll send you a message re: need the song recorded.
Great find, Hilma!
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 13 September, 2009 - 10:29pm
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tree cricket - yes
Looks like a male to me, with the width in the wings. I don't know the species though.
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Andrew Williams
, 13 September, 2009 - 7:46pm
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