MAR 31 – Others of Interest 😊 I almost messed up—had to add this day after already starting to work on April drafts.  Note to self (which I have to remember every year) — 30 days has September… April, June, and November.  All the rest have 31 ! For anyone traveling to Ecuador, Colombia or Oaxaca Mexico, here are interesting photos from the subfamily Oecanthinae posted on iNaturalist:  Tree Crickets (Subfamily Oecanthinae) from Tena, Ecuador on December 02, 2020 at 10:06 AM by Jesus Ramos Martin · iNaturalist  Super long antennae and limbs, and the limbs are very slender.  The wing pattern looks similar to Neoxabea, but this male seems to have green at the edges of the tegmina. Thomas J. Walker mentions that N. lepta might be greenish (he only had access to dried specimens), but he also indicated there were no dark markings. Tree Crickets (Subfamily Oecanthinae) from Amacayacu National Natural Park, Leticia, Amazonas, CO on May 08, 2022 at 08:45 PM by AJ Johnson · iNaturalist  This female from Colombia also has very long slender limbs, but note the very long pronotum. She does have a green color, so again, similar to Neoxabea lepta, but she seems to have short setae on the hind tibiae. Tree Crickets (Subfamily Oecanthinae) from San Mateo Rio Hondo, Oax., México on December 09, 2019 at 09:00 AM by Erick Noe Tapia Banda · iNaturalist  The reddish orange eyes are what caught my attention when I first reviewed this photo. I’ve not seen a tree cricket with deep orange and dark purple on the head and pronotum. I wondered if it might be O. mhatreae (Otomi tree cricket), but that species has rounded antennal markings…and these are definitely linear. These are in the family of Oecanthidae: Genus Ectotrypa from Cerro Azul Meámbar, … Continue reading March – SPECIES