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Forbes' Tree Cricket

Oecanthus forbesi

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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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 Ohio.January 20, February 21, March 29, April 56, May 132, June 30, July 26, August 24, September 28, October 23, November 17, December 16.
United States1,240
Ohio424
Canada295
Ontario291
Michigan235
West Virginia169
Wisconsin168
Illinois113
Minnesota39
Iowa39

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Forbes' 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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