Golden tinge on head of exoskeleton; VERY sleek profile; slender silhouette; pale antennae; pale green color; white thick circular pattern on sides of abdomen.

If proven to be O. niveus in the future, will certainly move this image.

Moved from ID Request. I'm moving this to O. niveus unless ruled as otherwise in the future.

Very nice photo of a young instar - probably 1st instar stage. Hard to say for certain which species this is, but most likely O. niveus -- based on very slender appearance, overall pale color, no black tinges on antennae or pronotum (would be nigricornis group), no black dotting on the length of the antennae (would be O. fultoni). If it were O. exclamationis, the head would be golden colored.

NEVER MIND !!!! I just zoomed in on the exoskeleton -- and there is a definite golden tinge on the head portion. Additionally, this tree cricket is VERY slender with a very long pronotum. This all points to O. exclamationis. These tree crickets are not as frequently encountered as other species. What type of tree was this, and how high off the ground was it?

(In my experience, most of the time the instar eats the exoskeleton. There have only two instances where those that I have raised did not consume them...not sure why.)