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Nigricornis Group (Oecanthus Nigricornis Group)
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Salvador Vitanza
Oecanthus Nigricornis Group? -
Oecanthus
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El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
August 6, 2016
Size: 12 mm
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Contributed by
Salvador Vitanza
on 9 August, 2016 - 11:36pm
Last updated 5 October, 2021 - 9:55pm
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Fast-calling Tree Cricket
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 5 October, 2021 - 9:55pm
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The best way to ID this species is the song rate
The male's song pulse rate is very fast - only O. forbesi is faster in the nigricornis group. There is just enough of an upward outward slash mark noted on the 1st antennal segment in one of your photos - to rule out O. quadripunctatus. Fast-calling tree crickets have no to only traces of black on the limbs.
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, 29 August, 2016 - 8:34pm
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Wonderful!
Thank you Nancy for lending your expertise to help us BG contributors with our tree crickets IDs.
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Salvador Vitanza
, 29 August, 2016 - 9:13pm
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metrioptera
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