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Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum
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
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Mediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nana
Common True KatydidPterophylla camellifolia
Pale Green Assassin BugZelus luridus
Columbian TrigCyrtoxipha columbiana
Northern Bush KatydidScudderia septentrionalis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 32,526 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 27,993 |
| Canada | 3,868 |
| Ontario | 2,399 |
| New York | 1,760 |
| United Kingdom | 1,276 |
| British Columbia | 1,208 |
| England | 1,188 |
| Germany | 875 |
| Denmark | 708 |
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 | Katydids · Tettigoniidae |
| Genus | Meconema |
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 Oak Bush-cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.