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Southern Oak Bush-Cricket (Meconema meridionale)
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Copyright © 2017
Scott Ramos
Southern Oak Bush-cricket -
Meconema meridionale
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Foulweather Bluff Nature Preserve, Hansville, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
October 21, 2017
Fell off my hat after emerging from the woods at the preserve.
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Contributed by
Scott Ramos
on 23 October, 2017 - 11:05pm
Last updated 24 October, 2017 - 12:56pm
Thanks all for the feedback.
Thanks all for the feedback. I was concerned about the stubby wings and short antennae. iNaturalist has a couple more sightings in the Seattle area this fall.
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Scott Ramos
, 24 October, 2017 - 12:58pm
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It's always fun to stumble onto something like this.
I'm surprised that I caught it. I was putting into the other species, but something just didn't seem "right".
As for the short antennae on this one - I didn't comment on them, but they are just broken or chewed off.
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David J. Ferguson
, 24 October, 2017 - 1:01pm
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follow-up
Went through posts for the other species, and it looks like others beat you to it; just nobody noticed.
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David J. Ferguson
, 24 October, 2017 - 9:48am
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Short-winged adult female
This is clearly an adult. After I moved it, I started checking; the short wings bothered me, because I've never heard of short-winged
M. thalassinum
. This is a female of
Meconema meridionale
, the other species in the genus, also from Europe. This is likely the first record from the United States.
I have a sneeking suspicion that this "species" is nothing more than a short-winged form of the other, but they are treated as distinct in Europe, and I know little about them.
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David J. Ferguson
, 24 October, 2017 - 9:14am
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very interesting, thanks for checking these
And sorry about throwing those other images in with M. thalassinum. I remember seeing those short wings and thinking it looked a little weird but I guess I never bothered checking. Now I know! I'll have to keep an eye out for M. meridionale in my own travels.
Edit: went through the Meconema submissions from the US and Canada on iNaturalist, lots of M. meridionale hiding among the M. thalassinum there, dating back to 2015, most from around Seattle.
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, 24 October, 2017 - 12:28pm
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David J. Ferguson
, 24 October, 2017 - 9:12am
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