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Black-horned Tree Cricket
Oecanthus nigricornis
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Forbes' Tree CricketOecanthus forbesi
Pine Tree CricketOecanthus pini
Narrow-winged Tree CricketOecanthus niveus
Snowy Tree CricketOecanthus fultoni
Four-spotted Tree CricketOecanthus quadripunctatus
Black-legged Meadow KatydidOrchelimum nigripes
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,058 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 1,266 |
| New York | 864 |
| Ontario | 799 |
| Ohio | 331 |
| Quebec | 250 |
| Massachusetts | 161 |
| Vermont | 115 |
| Illinois | 97 |
| Nova Scotia | 97 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Tree Crickets and Bush Crickets · Oecanthidae |
| Genus | Common Tree Crickets · Oecanthus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Black-horned Tree Cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.