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Forbes' Tree Cricket (Oecanthus forbesi)
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Copyright © 2017
Aaron Carlson
Unknown Insect -
Oecanthus forbesi
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Bluff Creek State Natural Area, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
September 3, 2017
Size: approx. 3/4" long
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Contributed by
Aaron Carlson
on 4 September, 2017 - 1:24pm
Last updated 7 December, 2018 - 10:17pm
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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.
(This much black rules out Prairie tree cricket)
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 8 December, 2018 - 2:43pm
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Most likely Oecanthus forbesi.....
...but cannot rule out Oecanthus nigricornis. The two species cannot be accurately ID'd by sight alone -- they both range in color from mostly green to a lot of black.
The only way to determine species is by the pulse rate of the singing male's song. Forbes' rate is much faster than that of Nigricornis.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 6 September, 2017 - 8:18am
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