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Tawny Mole Cricket (Neoscapteriscus vicinus)
Photo#261060
Copyright © 2009
Ron M.
Mole cricket -
Neoscapteriscus vicinus
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Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
March 25, 2009
Which species?
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Ron M.
on 27 March, 2009 - 5:35am
Last updated 1 May, 2010 - 6:32am
vicinus?
According to the keys and images available on the Singing Insects of North America, this should be Scapteriscus vicinus...However, SINA doesn't include S. didactylus.
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James Miskelly
, 28 March, 2009 - 9:14pm
Nice
did you have one of the whole bug?
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John R. Maxwell
, 27 March, 2009 - 3:54pm
Sorry...
I initially posted the images I though were needed for an ID... The "whole bug" image must have slipped my mind :)
Thanks John.
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Ron M.
, 27 March, 2009 - 5:32pm
Either that or...
I think the color pattern on the pronotum
may
match with
Scapteriscus didactylus
in the below image:
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Ron M.
, 27 March, 2009 - 6:04pm
Not an ID
just curious, what were you thinking... Scapteriscus vicinus (Tawny Mole Cricket)?
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John R. Maxwell
, 27 March, 2009 - 5:43pm
Wow...thanks for these great close-ups
...very informative.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 27 March, 2009 - 5:49am
Seconded
Very nice, Ron.
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Ron Hemberger
, 27 March, 2009 - 11:08am