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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) » Nigricornis Group (Oecanthus Nigricornis Group) » Pine Tree Cricket (Oecanthus pini)
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Grasshopper-like bug - Oecanthus pini
Copyright © 2013 JIM

Grasshopper-like bug - Oecanthus pini
Northville, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
September 16, 2012
Size: ~1" long
I looked at grasshoppers, katydids and hoppers, but without success.
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Contributed by JIM on 12 February, 2013 - 8:28am
Last updated 14 February, 2013 - 7:20pm

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… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 14 February, 2013 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

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Oecanthus pini male?
… metrioptera, 12 February, 2013 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Identification of Pine Tree Cricket
Thank you very much for the ID. I see at: http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/587a.htm
that it definitely is a male Oecanthus pinin.
… JIM, 13 February, 2013 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree this appears to be O. pini, however...
...keep a watch out for O. laricis - which are very similar in appearance. They might be encountered in Oakland Co. - and prefer Tamarack and Hemlock trees.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 13 February, 2013 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Which Oecanthus?
Is it possible this is actually a male Snowy Tree Cricket (Oecanthus fultoni)?
… JIM, 14 February, 2013 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
No. O. pini have rusty colored head, pronotum & limbs
O. fultoni has pale limbs, pronotum and only a patch of reddish orange on the top of the head.

What made you wonder that?
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 14 February, 2013 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
O. fultoni
Just today I received a copy of the National Wildlife Federation's "Field Guide to Insects and Spiders", and their photo of O. Fultoni looked very much like mine. Surprisingly,the only other Oecanthus they list is O. nigricornis.
… JIM, 14 February, 2013 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I've seen a photo of O. latipennis....
in a museum labeled as O. fultoni. They too look very different - well, at least to a person with a moniker of Wisconsin Oecanthinancy they do!
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 14 February, 2013 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

Tree cricket
I don't know the species but you can search through records for Michigan in September to get an idea (need to be logged in). Others may know the species on sight so hold on for a learned opinion.
… DeeDee, 12 February, 2013 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

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