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Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus niveus)? - Oecanthus fultoni - male
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Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus niveus)? - Oecanthus fultoni - Male
California (city)/home, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
November 4, 2017

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Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus niveus)? - Oecanthus fultoni - male Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus niveus)? - Oecanthus fultoni - male
Contributed by James Tyler Bell on 22 November, 2017 - 7:59pm
Last updated 23 November, 2017 - 1:22pm

I believe this is a Snowy tree cricket
The wings are much wider than those of a Narrow-winged tree cricket.

Although the black markings on the front of the base of the antennae would be a good character for telling which of these two species it is, your photo does show another distinguishing character -- a more robust 1st antennal segment (the scape) than would be seen on O. niveus.

Here are drawings to compare the two from the Singing Insects of North America website:

Oecanthus niveus
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/584da.htm


Oecanthus fultoni
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/585da.htm
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 23 November, 2017 - 1:22pm

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… metrioptera, 22 November, 2017 - 8:17pm

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