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Pine Tree Cricket

Oecanthus pini

2,197 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ahirst, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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.

What the records say

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 Ontario.January 18, February 19, March 29, April 57, May 110, June 52, July 39, August 69, September 83, October 30, November 19, December 17.
United States1,374
Canada544
Ontario463
New York340
Michigan141
Massachusetts131
Ohio81
Quebec74
New Hampshire71
West Virginia64

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