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Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus niveus)
Photo#322043
Copyright © 2009
Marcia A. Sessions
Cricket - Species Is ... -
Oecanthus niveus
Greenville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
August 16, 2009
Size: Body alone ~ ¾"
Found in the recessed groove that runs down a metal fence post. I rotated both photos to horizontal for clarity. It has very long antennae and legs.
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Marcia A. Sessions
on 18 August, 2009 - 8:06pm
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 6:02am
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 19 August, 2009 - 6:02am
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Sure looks like a tree cricket instar....
...although I have never personally seen an orange tipped ovipositor before. The length of the antennae, the ear on the front limb, the thick white marks on the sides of the abdomen are all found on tree crickets. The truly telltale mark is the whitish field on the base of the antenna, with a dark black marking on it -- and in particular the way the mark on the first segment has a hooked appearance.
This is a female Narrow-winged tree cricket -- probably 4th stage by the length of the wings (or possibly a freshly molted 5th stage).
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 19 August, 2009 - 6:01am
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Sure looks like a tree cricket instar....
Thank you for Identifying this cricket and for sharing all of the details to determine its ID. I think this species and other small, light green crickets are the ones we hear on Summer nights here in Rhode Island. Am I right? Their songs are restful and a hallmark of Summer. Summer would not be Summer without them. Their songs are more like trills. I like the Katydids too, but the soothing trills cannot be matched, in my opinion.
I'm glad different species of crickets like my fence posts with the recessed groove. Last year I photographed a Two-spotted tree cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata) in the recess of one of the metal posts. And in 2002, I found in the recess of one of these fence posts a Drumming Katydid nymph (Meconema thalassinum). I submitted photos of each and they are now in the Guide! I don't know how or if I could find them without these fence posts!
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Marcia A. Sessions
, 19 August, 2009 - 12:33pm
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