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Prairie Tree Cricket (Oecanthus argentinus)
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Copyright © 2012
Vinny
Grasshopper ??? -
Oecanthus argentinus
Rowland Heights, CA, LA County, California, USA
Size: 2-3cm
I think it is a type of grasshopper but I am not sure. I would like to know its ID
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Vinny
on 18 September, 2012 - 8:41pm
Last updated 18 September, 2012 - 10:40pm
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Based on overall green color with dark areas on the distal limbs and dark antennae - and especially with the thick black markings on the 1st antennal segment - I'm moving this to Prairie tree cricket, O. argentinus.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 18 September, 2012 - 10:40pm
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Cricket
Grasshoppers have short antennae. Crickets and katydids have long antennae. This may be a tree cricket.
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John F. Carr
, 18 September, 2012 - 8:54pm
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