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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » True Crickets (Gryllidae) » Tree Crickets (Oecanthinae) » Common Tree Crickets (Oecanthus) » Rileyi Group (Oecanthus Rileyi Group)
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Oecanthus M with pink on top of head - Oecanthus - male
Copyright © 2016 Lynn Monroe

Oecanthus M with pink on top of head - Oecanthus - Male
6 miles NW Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
September 26, 2014
Size: 15.5 mm to wing tip
This handsome green male Oecanthus has pink only on the top of the head. Taken in the CO foothills at about 6400' elevation. Possibly Oecanthus fultoni or niveus? Any help with this identification is most appreciated.
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 16 March, 2016 - 4:02pm
Last updated 22 March, 2016 - 10:35pm

This will probably have to stay in rileyi group...
One cannot say with 100% certainty that O. rileyi has not migrated into Colorado, and thus cannot be ruled out as an ID for this photo.

The stronger suspect is O. fultoni.

These two species look exactly alike from the top - including the extent of orange on the head.

Beautiful photo!
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 22 March, 2016 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Oecanthus rileyi group
Thanks so much for your identification to group and to your comments. Yes, these male Oecanthus are quite handsome! Your help is much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 23 March, 2016 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tree Crickets.
… metrioptera, 16 March, 2016 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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