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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) » Different-horned Tree Cricket (Oecanthus varicornis)
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Oecanthus varicornis eggs in stem (handraised) - Oecanthus varicornis
Copyright © 2019 dvoribird

Oecanthus varicornis eggs in stem (handraised) - Oecanthus varicornis
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 2, 2019
I've noticed that some egg "fills" have a foam-like appearance. I don't know if this is chewed plant material or something produced the by the female Oecanthus to plug the holes where she has laid her eggs.
(Plant here is Chromolaena odorata.)
This image is being used for the article on Handraising Oecanthus Crickets: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1686476.

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Contributed by dvoribird on 6 October, 2019 - 4:15pm

I have read that...
...the plug consists of plant/stem matter chewed up by the female.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 14 October, 2019 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Nancy!
That makes sense!
… dvoribird, 15 October, 2019 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

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