Broad-winged tree cricket

Oecanthus latipennis

Identification 3

Among Tree Crickets, this species is easily identified by the raspberry red antenna bases. The largest Tree Cricket with the loudest song.

Resources 3

SINA: https://orthsoc.org/sina/592a.htm

Occurrence 3

This species occurs in most of Iowa according to SINA, but has rarely been reported.

Habitat 3

Occurs in vegetation and shrubbery at lower levels, not high in the trees.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) John Himmelman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by John Himmelman
  2. (c) Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sam Kieschnick
  3. (c) Tyler Grant, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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