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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) » Fast-calling Tree Cricket (Oecanthus celerinictus)

Species Oecanthus celerinictus - Fast-calling Tree Cricket

Representative Images

White Tree Cricket - Oecanthus celerinictus - male Female Fast-calling tree cricket - Oecanthus celerinictus - female Unknown Tree Cricket - Oecanthus celerinictus K18 Oecanthus - Oecanthus celerinictus - male K18 Oecanthus - Oecanthus celerinictus - male Oecanthus celerinictus - male Oecanthus celerinictus nymphs (green) with O. varicornis (white) - handraised - Oecanthus celerinictus Oecanthus celerinictus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Gryllidea (Crickets)
Family Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Subfamily Oecanthinae (Tree Crickets)
Genus Oecanthus (Common Tree Crickets)
No Taxon (Nigricornis Group)
Species celerinictus (Fast-calling Tree Cricket)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oecanthus celerinictus T. Walker 1963

Explanation of Names

celer (Latin) = quick; nict (Latin) = wink.

Range

Eastern TX to FL, north to NJ

Season

In central Texas, spring and fall seasons.

Food

Frequently found on Oenothera curtiflora (Onagraceae); eats leaves and blossoms/fruits of native plants.

Life Cycle

For detailed information on life cycle and rearing, please see Raising Oecanthinae (tree crickets).

Oecanthus celerinictus emerging from egg:

Internet References

SINA
Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 25 June, 2009 - 7:57am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, metrioptera, dvoribird
Last updated 17 September, 2020 - 5:43pm

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