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Two-spotted Tree Cricket
Neoxabea bipunctata
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
Narrow-winged Tree CricketOecanthus niveus
Broad-winged tree cricketOecanthus latipennis
Pine Tree CricketOecanthus pini
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Red-headed Bush CricketPhyllopalpus pulchellus
Carolina Leafroller CricketCamptonotus carolinensis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 8,618 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 1,769 |
| Ontario | 1,745 |
| Ohio | 1,090 |
| New York | 1,081 |
| Pennsylvania | 919 |
| Massachusetts | 738 |
| Michigan | 546 |
| Connecticut | 408 |
| Indiana | 299 |
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 | Smooth-legged Tree Crickets · Neoxabea |
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 Two-spotted Tree Cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.