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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) » Varicornis Group (Oecanthus Varicornis Group) » Broad-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus latipennis)

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Copyright © 2007 Ashley Bradford

Red-headed tree cricket - Oecanthus latipennis -

Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
September 13, 2007

Is there such a thing? I didn't even notice the red till I viewed the photo on the computer - then I wondered how I'd missed it!

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 15 September, 2007 - 12:30am
Last updated 4 October, 2008 - 9:10pm

Moved

Moved from Oecanthus. The bright red on the head coupled with the bright red extending to the proximal portion of the antennae indicate this is a Broad-winged Tree Cricket. It occurs in your area, according to range maps. (The similar looking Western TC has black on the proximal portion of the antennae and is not found in your area.) This is a GREAT CLOSE-UP of that strip on the pronotum.

… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 3 October, 2008 - 6:05am

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Thank you much

for the ID and the praise! =)

… Ashley Bradford, 4 October, 2008 - 7:35pm

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Moved

Moved from Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets.

… Eric R. Eaton, 9 October, 2007 - 3:40pm

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Just a guess

We're not experts, but looking at the book "The Songs of Insects" by Lang Elliott & Wil Hershberger we found a possible match to your photo. The Broad-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus latipennis) has the red on the head and base of the antennae and is found in your area. Hope an expert will come on and help with id.

Nice close up head shot of an interesting insect.

Loren & Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

… Loren & Babs Padelford, 15 September, 2007 - 10:15pm

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Good Guess

The Singing Insects site has more info on this species, including several photos of females.

http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/592a.htm

I don't know if the red colouring truly is unique to this species, but it'd be nice if it is...

… Heimchen, 16 September, 2007 - 5:52pm

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Not really:-)

My understanding is that the red on the head is probably a "species group" character, and not specific to one particular species. Might also be an age thing, though I doubt it. Moving to genus page.

… Eric R. Eaton, 9 October, 2007 - 3:39pm

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