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Oecanthus from Dogwood twig - Oecanthus forbesi - male
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Oecanthus from Dogwood twig - Oecanthus forbesi - Male
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA
August 8, 2008
This is an adult male which emerged from this Red-twig Dogwood twig. I'm curious about the pale brownish spots at the outer lower portion of the 1st antennal segment.

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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 16 September, 2008 - 10:12pm
Last updated 7 December, 2018 - 10:18pm

Note
After work by researchers who analyzed songs of tree crickets in multiple states, it is now generally accepted that greenish tree crickets with dark on the antennae, head, pronotum and/or limbs - that are west of Ohio - are Forbes' tree crickets.

(This much black rules out Prairie tree cricket)

I've been studying tree crickets for 13 years now....and still have never seen another one with those extra dots on the first antennal segment.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 8 December, 2018 - 3:32pm

Moved
Moved from Black-horned Tree Cricket.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 17 December, 2013 - 10:31pm

Moved
Moved from Oecanthus. I'm curious about the pale brownish spots at the outer lower portion of the 1st antennal segment.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 16 September, 2008 - 10:17pm

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