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Western Tree Cricket

Oecanthus californicus

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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.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 76, February 66, March 68, April 85, May 82, June 61, July 68, August 166, September 217, October 148, November 96, December 89.
United States1,855
California835
Canada546
Texas307
British Columbia273
Alberta269
Arizona229
Oregon120
New Mexico112
Colorado50

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyTree Crickets and Bush Crickets · Oecanthidae
GenusCommon Tree Crickets · Oecanthus

Sources

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Practise Western Tree Cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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