green bug with heartshape wings - Oecanthus latipennis

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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.

… 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.

… 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".

… 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 :-)

… 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.

… 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.

… 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!

… Kristen, 16 September, 2009 - 6:49pm