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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) » Varicornis Group (Oecanthus Varicornis Group) » Western Tree Cricket (Oecanthus californicus) » californicus - brown form (Oecanthus californicus californicus - brown form)
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Oecanthus sp--tree cricket - Oecanthus californicus - male
Copyright © 2011 Lynn Monroe

Oecanthus sp--tree cricket - Oecanthus californicus - Male
Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
September 10, 2006
We saw this male tree cricket on Lupinus argentus at a location 6 miles NW of Lyons,C0. Is it possible to get to species from this photograph? Any help is much appreciated.
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 7 August, 2011 - 6:03pm
Last updated 10 October, 2011 - 11:11pm

Moved
Moved from Tree Crickets.

While I have not seen as much orange on the heads of brown form of Oecanthus californicus before, I believe this is that species. Note the blotching on the wings, and the slash marks on the femurs. Both are characteristics that may or may not be seen on O. californicus.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 10 October, 2011 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Oecanthus californicus
Thanks so much for this ID. It's really appreciated! I still hear one or two tree crickets at night this late in the season, but I don't know which of our 3 species is calling.
… Lynn Monroe, 12 October, 2011 - 3:35am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 August, 2011 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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