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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) » Nigricornis Group (Oecanthus Nigricornis Group) » Prairie Tree Cricket (Oecanthus argentinus)
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Prairie Tree Cricket ?? - Oecanthus argentinus - female
Copyright © 2008 Dave Beaudette

Prairie Tree Cricket ?? - Oecanthus argentinus - Female
Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 15, 2008
Size: unknown

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Prairie Tree Cricket ?? - Oecanthus argentinus - female Prairie Tree Cricket ?? - Oecanthus argentinus - female
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Contributed by Dave Beaudette on 1 August, 2008 - 7:42pm
Last updated 2 August, 2008 - 9:31am

I believe you are correct, Prairie Tree Cricket
Great photo of the antennal markings. The horizontal black mark on the scape has a slightly upward stroke. The two black marks on the pedicle are touching. The pronotum has no black. This corresponds with descriptions and diagrams of antennal markings and pronotum for Oecanthus argentinus. I noticed her wings are flared in your photo...was she trying to fly?
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 1 August, 2008 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the confirmation and ID notes!!
She raised up her wings when held and photographed. Then just sat on my fingertip for awhile at the release.
… Dave Beaudette, 2 August, 2008 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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