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Texas Tree Cricket (Oecanthus texensis)
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Copyright © 2016
Salvador Vitanza
Oecanthus -
Oecanthus texensis
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El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
September 3, 2016
Size: 17 mm
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Contributed by
Salvador Vitanza
on 4 September, 2016 - 12:45am
Last updated 4 September, 2016 - 7:48am
I'm moving these to Texas tree cricket....
Since there seems to be quite a bit of yellow tint. A brown form of O. californicus would not be yellow - it would be pale brown.
Both species probably occur in the area, so one can't say with 100% certainty.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 4 September, 2016 - 7:07am
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O. texensis confirmed by recording
The recording you provided by email was analyzed using AVS Audio Editor, and confirms that your singing male tree cricket in a temperature of 84 Fahrenheit is Oecanthus texensis.
The pulse rate for 1 second = 44. This is a good match for the graphs provided on Singing Insects of North America (SINA).
/http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/577a.htm
-- see Song data excel spreadsheet.
If this were O. californicus, the pulse rate at 84 Fahrenheit (28.8 C) would be over 60 pulses per second.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 5 September, 2016 - 9:15am
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Fascinating!
Thank you Nancy for analyzing this recording and posting the results. Kudos to you for your dedication and valuable work.
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Salvador Vitanza
, 6 September, 2016 - 12:21am
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I have been looking for the elusive
Oecanthus californicus in El Paso without success so far. Maybe I get lucky one of these days. Thank you Nancy!
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Salvador Vitanza
, 4 September, 2016 - 7:46am
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