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Forbes' Tree Cricket (Oecanthus forbesi)
Photo#1183673
Copyright © 2016
Even Dankowicz
Oecanthus -
Oecanthus forbesi
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Loda Cemetery Prairie, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
October 1, 2015
Contributed by
Even Dankowicz
on 17 January, 2016 - 11:13pm
Last updated 7 December, 2018 - 10:10pm
Note
I have since learned that both Black-horned and Forbes' could have this coloring. However, after work by researchers who analyzed songs of tree crickets in multiple states, it is now generally accepted that greenish tree crickets with dark on the antennae, head, pronotum and/or limbs - that are west of Ohio - are Forbes' tree crickets instead of Black-horned.
(This much black rules out Prairie tree cricket)
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 8 December, 2018 - 5:14pm
Beautiful photo of a male O. forbesi or O. nigricornis
Unfortunately, it is not possible to separate Black-horned tree crickets from Forbes' tree crickets from photos alone.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 20 February, 2016 - 8:10am