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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) » Broad-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus latipennis)

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Copyright © 2008 Devin Long

"Frank, the fun loving bug." - Oecanthus latipennis -

Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA
October 1, 2008
Size: 1/2 inches long

I spotted this insect on the wall of my house and, never having seen it before, was curious to see if anyone could tell me what it is. My first guess was that it might be related to the common grasshopper but it has a very tiny head and not much for mandibles. Any ideas?

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Contributed by Devin Long on 1 October, 2008 - 10:44am
Last updated 1 October, 2008 - 7:10pm

Placement "oops"

That was my bad... I wasn't really all that familiar with the site when I posted this photo and the other photo. I'll get it in the right place next time. Thanks for the comments!

… Devin Long, 1 October, 2008 - 7:38pm

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This is a female Broad-winged Tree Cricket..

...Francesca instead of Frank. Note the bright reddish orange on the head, the red extending onto the proximal portion of the antennae, the dark broad stripe on the pronotum. That stripe separates it from the very similar looking Western Tree Cricket (whose proximal antennae are blackish rather than red.) Thanks for posting your photo of this female. It's range is shown in SINA as occurring in the eastern half of Kansas (although I believe ranges are spreading for all the species.)

… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 1 October, 2008 - 7:15pm

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Moved

Moved from Insects.

… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2008 - 2:16pm

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Adult female tree cricket.

This is an adult female tree cricket in the genus Oecanthus. Someone esle here might be able to give you a species (or at least a "species group," as this genus is complicated). Do you have an objection to placing your images in "ID Request" when you are unsure of the ID?

… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2008 - 2:16pm

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