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Broad-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus latipennis)
Photo#333664
Copyright © 2009
Kristen
green bug with heartshape wings -
Oecanthus latipennis
Campobello, Upstate County, South Carolina, USA
September 7, 2009
found hanging out in a coleus and made a very loud chirping sound similar to a cicada.
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Contributed by
Kristen
on 16 September, 2009 - 1:04pm
Last updated 16 September, 2009 - 11:04pm
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 16 September, 2009 - 11:04pm
This is a male tree cricket
...It is either a Broad-winged or Snowy tree cricket. I'll see if I can zoom in on the antennae later today. If there is dark red extending up a bit on the antennae -- it's a broad-winged tree cricket. Another way to ID would be the black marks on the front of the first 2 segments of the antennae -- but they are not visible from these photos.
Great photos.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 16 September, 2009 - 1:16pm
This is a male tree cricket
Thank you! I cut down the pics before uploading them so I just zoomed in to one of them (I took a bunch!) and there is a bit of red going from the top of it's head up just a tiny bit on the antennae. Looks like the top of it's head is red (not solid tho, in some pattern I can't make out) and then the red just "bleeds" a bit into the antennae. Does that make it a broad-winged tree cricket? I can upload the full version too if that helps.
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Kristen
, 16 September, 2009 - 2:37pm
Cropping
What would help the most when uploading images to BugGuide is to crop the image. Please crop you images closer to "just the bug".
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John R. Maxwell
, 16 September, 2009 - 2:49pm
Cropping
Thanks for the info John. I added a new pic. I hope this one's better? First time posting here :-)
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Kristen
, 16 September, 2009 - 3:33pm
Yes
That is better. If you want you can update the 2 already posted by cropping them and clicking "edit" under each image and uploading the modified images.
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John R. Maxwell
, 16 September, 2009 - 3:55pm
Yes, there is enough red extending up the
antennae to make it a Broad-winged tree cricket. If it were a Snowy TC, there would be no red extending that far.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 16 September, 2009 - 5:41pm
Thank you!!
I really appreciate the help in the learning curve of this site, the quick ID on my neat bug and being here!
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Kristen
, 16 September, 2009 - 6:49pm