Identification: Length 13-15 mm. Head, pronotum, and legs brown; forewings green (but the green fades in pinned specimens); length of forewings <12 mm.
Habitat: On tamarack in southeastern Michigan and hemlock in northeastern Ohio.
Season: August and September; one generation annually.
Song at 25°C: A continuous trill at 37 p/s; carrier frequency 3.4 kHz.
Song data: See Walker 1963.
Similar species: Pine tree cricket—on pine and balsam fir; length of forewings >12 mm.
More information: genus Oecanthus, subfamily Oecanthinae.
References: Walker 1963.
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Oecanthus laricis, the laricis tree cricket or tamarack tree cricket, is a species of cricket endemic to the Great Lakes region in the Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada.[2][3]
Individuals range from 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) in length with green forewings. It produces one generation annually.[4]
Oecanthus laricis, the laricis tree cricket or tamarack tree cricket, is a species of cricket endemic to the Great Lakes region in the Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada.
Individuals range from 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) in length with green forewings. It produces one generation annually.
