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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)
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UK Insect on Goldenbush, UNBNP, JN, 10.15.06 - Oecanthus - female
Copyright © 2006 Jennifer Naegele

UK Insect on Goldenbush, UNBNP, JN, 10.15.06 - Oecanthus - Female
Newport Beach / Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve, Orange County, California, USA
October 15, 2006
Size: Body = ~1"
Found on goldenbush, Isocoma menziesii, adjacent to estuary
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Contributed by Jennifer Naegele on 15 October, 2006 - 6:22pm
Last updated 9 July, 2011 - 10:26am

Tree Cricket
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
Ron, your name sounds familiar . . . do you know Bob Allen?
… Jennifer Naegele, 15 October, 2006 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I know Bob.
Also Peter Bryant; we were mentioned in the OC Post recently for his Natural History website.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 October, 2006 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, that's where I recognize
Yes, that's where I recognize you from . . . you and Peter both take gorgeous photos. It's great that they were featured in the Post for all to enjoy.
… Jennifer Naegele, 16 October, 2006 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

Orange County
Ha! another Orange County in NC we have lots fo bugguiders too.
… Randy Emmitt, 15 October, 2006 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

Welcome to Bug Guide
There are 3-4 of us in Orange County now. I'm in Irvine.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 October, 2006 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

One of the tree crickets
Eric will probably know which one. Images in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 15 October, 2006 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Iffy:-)
I agree with the genus identification and will add that it is a female....Looks most like the blackhorned tree cricket, Oecanthus nigricornis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 October, 2006 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Eric, I am using "Insects
Hi Eric,
I am using "Insects of the Los Angeles Basin" as a reference; however, being new to the world of insect exploration, I overlooked the tree crickets. Thanks for the input!
… Jennifer Naegele, 16 October, 2006 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

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