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Katydid of some sort? - Oecanthus nigricornis - male
Copyright © 2020 Lisa Scheffler

Katydid of some sort? - Oecanthus nigricornis - Male
Grimsby, ON, Ontario, Canada
September 12, 2020
Found this guy on a wildflower next to a pond. Is it a katydid?
Contributed by Lisa Scheffler on 13 September, 2020 - 9:19am
Last updated 13 September, 2020 - 4:06pm

It is generally accepted....
That greenish tree crickets with this much black, that are located east of Ohio, are Black-horned. (Further west, closer to Michigan, we would not be able to rule out Forbes'.)
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 13 September, 2020 - 3:47pm

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Moved from Common Tree Crickets.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 13 September, 2020 - 3:47pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 13 September, 2020 - 1:35pm

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