JUL 31 – Videos About Tree Crickets – on YouTube Part 1: Tree Crickets Part 1 – YouTube Part 2: Tree Crickets Part 2 – YouTube JUL 30 – 5th instar Neoxabea female This nymph is preparing to molt. Note the swollen appearance of the wings. JUL 29 – Early Metanotal Gland? This looks like a late 3rd instar vs early 4th instar based on the length of the developing wings. Note the small dark area between the wings….this is the area where the metanotal gland will sit as an adult. I suspect it is indeed the early stages of the metanotal gland. JUL 28 – Finding a Snowy Colony These shrubs held numerous Snowy and Narrow-winged tree crickets. The photos above show Snowy tree cricket nymphs. JUL 27 – Neoxabea bipunctata Female Nymph These two photos highlight the developing ovipositor of a female nymph. JUL 26 – A Pair of Siblings I call them siblings, but the truth is these could be offspring from two different females who oviposited on the same stem. These are Four-spotted nymphs. Although as adults they are very pale green and have a bit of black only on the distal ends of their limbs…as young nymphs they are yellowish with a wide brown strip down the center. JUL 25 – Nymph on Hazelnut This photo shows how tree crickets generally rest and thus are difficult to find. A mirror can be helpful – just use it to check the underside of leaves. JUL 24 – Pine tree cricket nymph Even at a very young age, the tone of ‘pine’ green of the limbs, and the tell-tale rust coloring of the head are evident. JUL 23 – Random tiny nymph I could probably figure out this species from my files (I wrote Day emerged 5-27 … Continue reading JULY