{"id":1858,"date":"2022-12-30T09:08:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?page_id=1858"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:45:29","slug":"test-blog-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?page_id=1858","title":{"rendered":"January"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\/**\n\t * Table of Contents\n\t *\n\t * 1.0 - Pagination\n\t * 2.0 - Social Media Icon\n\t * 3.0 - Default Blog Template\n\t * 4.0 - Classical Template\n\t * 5.0 - Light Breeze Template\n\t * 6.0 - Spektrum Template\n\t * 7.0 - Evolution Template\n\t * 8.0 - Timeline Template\n\t * 9.0 - News Template\n\t * 10.0 - Sallet Template\n\t * 11.0 - Media Grid Template\n\t * 12.0 - Crayon Slider Template\n\t * 13.0 - Blog-Carousel Template\n\t * 14.0 - Blog-Grid-Box Template\n\t * 15.0 - Ticker Template\n\t *\n\t *\/\n\t\/**\n\t * 1.0 - Pagination\n\t *\/\n\t.bdp-load-more a.button.bdp-load-more-btn 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- Blog-Grid-Box Template *\/\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .bd-more-next-line a {\n\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\t\tcolor: #000000\t}\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .post-comment a,\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .mauthor .author a,\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .bd-metacats a,\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .mdate a {\n\t\tcolor: #000000\t}\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .post-comment a:hover,\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .mauthor .author a:hover,\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .bd-metacats a:hover,\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .mdate a:hover {\n\t\tcolor: #999999\t}\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .post_title a {\n\t\tcolor: #222222;background: #ffffff;font-size: 35px\t}\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box .post_content {\n\t\tcolor: #999999;font-size: 14px\t}\n\t.blog_template.blog-grid-box {\n\t\tbackground: #ffffff\t}\n\n\t\/** 15.0 - Ticker Template *\/\n\t#blog-ticker-style-1 {\n\t\tborder-color: #ffffff\t}\n\t#blog-ticker-style-1 .ticker-title {\n\t\tbackground-color: #ffffff\t}\n\t#blog-ticker-style-1 .ticker-style-title {\n\t\t\t}\n\t#blog-ticker-style-1 .ticker-title>span {\n\t\tborder-color: transparent transparent transparent#ffffff\t}\n\t#blog-ticker-style-1 .blog-tickers a:hover {\n\t\tcolor: #ffffff\t}\n\t#blog-ticker-style-1 .blog-tickers a {\n\t\tcolor: #222222\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div class=\"bdp_wrapper\">\t\t<div class=\"blog_template bdp_blog_template news \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-div full_with_class\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd-blog-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"bd_date_cover\"><span class=\"date\">December 12, 2022<\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?p=1784\"><span>A Year of Tree Cricket Blogging<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd-post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMy plan is to make short posts every day with photos, recordings, videos and links &#8212; a tree cricket tidbit a day. Topics will include: history, species, anatomy, life cycle, eggs, nymphs, instar stages, adults, songs, habitat, locations, behaviors&#8230;essentially things found on this website but most in a bit more detail. Over the past 16 years I have accumulated thousands of photos, recordings and videos &#8211; and this blog seems like the best way to share them. I am also hoping to follow the development of a tree cricket or two from egg to ovipositing the next generation. Below shows the topics under A Year of Tree Cricket Blogging. Thank you for reading. Nancy p.s. Please bear in mind that I am not the world&#8217;s best photographer \ud83d\ude09 JANUARY &#8211; Basics JAN 1 &#8211; The First Encounter; JAN 2 &#8211; The 1750 Encounter in 2018; JAN 3 \u2013 First Description of a Tree Cricket; JAN 4 &#8211; Ancient Amber Specimens; JAN 5 &#8211; My Early Encounters; JAN 6 &#8211; An Obsession is Born; JAN 7 \u2013 Often Heard but Rarely Known; JAN 8 &#8211; Tree Crickets Through the Microscope; JAN 9 &#8211; Dr. BB Fulton and My Tree Cricket Bible; JAN 10 &#8211; Dr. Thomas J. Walker &amp; SINA website; JAN 11 &#8211;&nbsp; BugGuide.net\u2019s Value in Tree Cricketing; JAN 12 \u2013 iNaturalist.org \u2013 A World Database; JAN 13 \u2013 Orthoptera Species File&nbsp;\u2013 Database of Orthoptera; JAN 14 \u2013 Journal of Orthoptera Research &amp; The Orthopterists\u2019 Society; JAN&nbsp;15&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Collections; JAN 16 \u2013 Oviposition \u2013 Ensuring the Next Generation; JAN 17 \u2013 Stems; JAN 18 \u2013 Diapause; JAN 19 \u2013 Eggs; JAN 20 &#8211; Hatching; JAN 21 \u2013 Caput Fluidum; JAN 22 \u2013 Early Nymphs; JAN 23 \u2013 Opening Old Stems; JAN 24 \u2013 Parasitic and paralyzing wasps; JAN 25 \u2013 Mites; JAN\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post_cat_tag\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bd-category-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-bookmark\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?cat=2\" rel=\"category\">Tree Crickets<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bd-tags\"><i class=\"fas fa-tags\"><\/i>&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=blog\" rel=\"tag\">blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=caput-fluidum\" rel=\"tag\">caput fluidum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=entomology\" rel=\"tag\">entomology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=insects\" rel=\"tag\">insects<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=nature\" rel=\"tag\">nature<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=neoxabea\" rel=\"tag\">neoxabea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=oecanthus\" rel=\"tag\">oecanthus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=orthoptera\" rel=\"tag\">orthoptera<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?tag=species\" rel=\"tag\">species<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd-post-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"social-component\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-share=\"facebook\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?p=1784\" class=\"bd-facebook-share bd-social-share\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bd-more-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?p=1784\">Read More <\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wl_pagination_box bd_pagination_box  news\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 31 &#8211; Tree Cricket Collage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I have this collage framed and hanging on a wall. It allows me to see images with special meaning to me every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?resize=640%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?resize=1024%2C791&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?resize=1536%2C1187&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?resize=1170%2C904&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?w=1650&amp;ssl=1 1650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Collage.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It includes drawings in papers as far back as 1750, exquisite drawings in papers by BB Fulton and Thomas J Walker, photos I have taken, a photo taken of Raymond H. Beamer&#8217;s expedition in 1932, graphs and images from Oecanthinae articles, and journal covers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This one is from 1884 \u2013 Howard Ayers drawings of the development of <em>O niveus<\/em> (would later be O. fultoni) and its parasite, <em>Teleas<\/em>. It was in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> volume (#8) of Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural<\/strong> <strong>History<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1.jpg?resize=640%2C829&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2295\" style=\"width:740px;height:958px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1-scaled.jpg?w=1978&amp;ssl=1 1978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers-1884-2-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Bentley Ball Fulton\u2019s 1915 paper:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fulton-1915.jpg?resize=439%2C652&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fulton-1915.jpg?w=439&amp;ssl=1 439w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fulton-1915.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Raymond H. Beamer expedition in New Mexico, 1932. Imagine the heat during this expedition&#8230;no air conditioning in that car! His specimens in the collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University eventually led to the description of <em>Oecanthus beameri <\/em>in 2022. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Suppl.-material-1-Beamer-car-1.jpg?resize=317%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Suppl.-material-1-Beamer-car-1.jpg?w=317&amp;ssl=1 317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Suppl.-material-1-Beamer-car-1.jpg?resize=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A waveform of the song I recorded of <em>Oecanthus alexanderi<\/em> &#8211; the first species for which I was a junior author on a description paper.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/alexanderi.jpg?resize=624%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/alexanderi.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/alexanderi.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/alexanderi.jpg?resize=350%2C220&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Laurel Symes (working on being a Dr. at the time) in a Tepejuage tree recording what would later be described as <em>Oecanthus walkeri<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; the first paper I co-authored and was lead author. This was when I really became obsessed with tree crickets.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?resize=640%2C856&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2299\" style=\"width:542px;height:725px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?resize=766%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 766w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?resize=768%2C1027&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?resize=1149%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1149w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?resize=1532%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1532w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laurel-in-tepajuage-tree.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I included this photo to remind me of Natasha Mhatre, who along with Dr. Walker and Dr. Symes, has been so kind and complimentary to me. Even though I did not provide materials for this particular paper, this figure is so pretty I just had to include it. <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/epdf\/10.1073\/pnas.1200192109\">Changing resonator geometry to boost sound power decouples size and song frequency in a small insect (pnas.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geometry-paper.jpg?resize=324%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2300\" style=\"width:399px;height:425px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geometry-paper.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geometry-paper.jpg?resize=282%2C300&amp;ssl=1 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tomorrow:&nbsp; February will be a month of tree cricket anatomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 30 \u2013 Habitats and Host Plants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where can tree crickets be found?&nbsp; They inhabit trees, shrubs, vines and plants\u2026in plush vegetation or sparsely leafed vegetation\u2026in desert landscape or on landscape plants\u2026at moth-baited trees or porch lights\u2026on native plants or invasive plants<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/013-3.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2261\" style=\"width:629px;height:472px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/013-3-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/013-3-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/013-3-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/013-3-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/013-3-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/013-3-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/forbes-goldenrod.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/texensis-AZ.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neoxabea-maple.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pine.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-spotted.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/asters.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/niveus-coleus.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/snowy-geranium.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>So, pretty much you can find tree crickets just about anywhere!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 29 \u2013 Keys to US tree crickets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Many years ago I came across an interesting key for snakes. It was circular and easy for me to use. I came up with a similar version for tree crickets, which seems to get busier as time passes, because there are several new species added. It may be near the end of its capacity\u2026.but I guess I shouldn\u2019t complain about too many species <\/strong><strong>\ud83d\ude09<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Key.jpg?resize=624%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2234\" style=\"width:896px;height:692px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Key.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Key.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other keys can be found at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lw67.pdf\">s576lw67.pdf (orthsoc.org)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/g576a.htm#nigricorniskey\">https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/g576a.htm#nigricorniskey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/g576k.htm\">https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/g576k.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jor.pensoft.net\/article\/62000\/\">https:\/\/jor.pensoft.net\/article\/62000\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 28 \u2013 Maps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The first map gives a general estimation of the concentrations of currently known species of tree crickets in the continental US. I reviewed SINA, iNaturalist, BugGuide and my own encounters to estimate these totals. The other maps allow comparisons with number of species to the vegetation, elevation and low \/ high temperatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?resize=640%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C791&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1187&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?resize=1170%2C904&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?w=1650&amp;ssl=1 1650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-map-version-2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189veget.jpg?resize=640%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2220\" style=\"width:733px;height:548px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189veget.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189veget.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189veget.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189veget.jpg?resize=1170%2C875&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189veget.jpg?w=1340&amp;ssl=1 1340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189veget.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USA-1024x723-1.jpg?resize=640%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2221\" style=\"width:686px;height:484px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USA-1024x723-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USA-1024x723-1.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USA-1024x723-1.jpg?resize=768%2C542&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?resize=640%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2222\" style=\"width:-94px;height:-72px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?resize=1024%2C791&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?resize=1536%2C1187&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?resize=2048%2C1583&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?resize=1170%2C904&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3cavg0.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/janavgt10.gif?resize=640%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2224\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These totals of states where each species can be found were determined from reviewing SINA, iNaturalist, and BugGuide. The totals are not 100% accurate, but give one an idea of how likely it is to encounter each species.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/states-for-each-species.jpg?resize=549%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2225\" style=\"width:266px;height:496px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/states-for-each-species-scaled.jpg?resize=549%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 549w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/states-for-each-species-scaled.jpg?resize=161%2C300&amp;ssl=1 161w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/states-for-each-species-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/states-for-each-species-scaled.jpg?resize=823%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 823w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/states-for-each-species-scaled.jpg?w=1372&amp;ssl=1 1372w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/states-for-each-species-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can view a table showing which species can be expected in each state here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?page_id=301\">Maps \u2013 TREE CRICKETS (oecanthinae.com)<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 27 \u2013 Worms &amp; Flies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I have found both worms and fly pupae inside tree crickets. They develop an overall yellow color and the abdomen becomes abnormally distended.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"967\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-yellow-with-large-abd.jpg?resize=640%2C967&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2205\" style=\"width:243px;height:367px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-yellow-with-large-abd.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-yellow-with-large-abd.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-yellow-with-large-abd.jpg?resize=768%2C1161&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-yellow-with-large-abd.jpg?w=1015&amp;ssl=1 1015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Below is an adult female <em>Oecanthus forbesi <\/em>with a healthy appearance \u2013 the same female two weeks later \u2013 and the worm which had been growing in her abdomen. You can read more details here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/434833\">Female Forbes&#8217; tree cricket &#8211; Oecanthus forbesi &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The worm was found in an empty container where I had placed the dead tree cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pre-worm-illness-forbesi-2008.jpg?resize=560%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pre-worm-illness-forbesi-2008.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pre-worm-illness-forbesi-2008.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gross-distention-and-yellow-color.jpg?resize=311%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gross-distention-and-yellow-color.jpg?w=311&amp;ssl=1 311w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gross-distention-and-yellow-color.jpg?resize=167%2C300&amp;ssl=1 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/worm.jpg?resize=560%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/worm.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/worm.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an <em>Oecanthus niveus<\/em> nymph with a worm from its abdomen. I wish I had tried to see where the \u2018mouth\u2019 of the worm was attached.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TC-with-worm.jpg?resize=640%2C431&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2210\" style=\"width:659px;height:444px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TC-with-worm.jpg?w=978&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TC-with-worm.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TC-with-worm.jpg?resize=768%2C517&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo below shows the three pupae I found in containers where I had kept yellowed <em>Oecanthus<\/em> nymphs with abnormally large abdomens. I wasn&#8217;t certain if they had worms or flies inside, but knew their appearance was indicative of some type of parasite. Only adult females should have any abdomen distention. I eventually found both a pupa and the dead tree cricket with a shriveled abdomen on the bottom of the container.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-fly-pupae-cases.jpg?resize=640%2C547&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-fly-pupae-cases.jpg?resize=1024%2C875&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-fly-pupae-cases.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-fly-pupae-cases.jpg?resize=768%2C657&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-fly-pupae-cases.jpg?resize=1170%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-fly-pupae-cases.jpg?w=1516&amp;ssl=1 1516w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-fly-pupae-cases.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:29.49695%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/forbesi-and-pupa.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=404&#038;ssl=1 404w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"560\" data-id=\"2212\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2212\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/forbesi-and-pupa.jpg\" data-width=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/forbesi-and-pupa.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:27.48333%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fly-pupa.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=377&#038;ssl=1 377w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"561\" data-id=\"2213\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2213\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fly-pupa.jpg\" data-width=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fly-pupa.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:43.01973%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fly-pupa-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=514&#038;ssl=1 514w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"488\" data-id=\"2214\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2214\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fly-pupa-2.jpg\" data-width=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fly-pupa-2.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are <em>Stylogaster<\/em> (Diptera) pupae. The adult female fly\u2019s eggs apparently have a very sharp end which is jabbed into the tree cricket. For more info on <em>Stylogaster<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/17035\/bgimage\">Genus Stylogaster &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an excellent article about <em>Stylogaster neglecta<\/em> and <em>Oecanthus nigricornis<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/ycnan\/Downloads\/Etzleretal2020CanEntomol.pdf\">Etzleretal2020CanEntomol.pdf<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to see how these flies develop &#8211; up until when are they larvae? and when does this pupal case develop? A literature search for the future since I have 337 more blog entries to create!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JANUARY 26 \u2013 Thrips and Fairyflies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A critter\/s I less commonly find inside stems is\/are thrips. \ud83d\ude09 Apparently, only some species are winged. Some species are predaceous on mites and small insects\u2026I do not know if any species would consume the liquid inside developing tree cricket eggs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:53.45682%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/036-4-less-red-1024x869.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/036-4-less-red-1024x869.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/036-4-less-red-1024x869.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1300\" data-id=\"2165\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2165\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/036-4-less-red-1024x869.jpg\" data-width=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/036-4-less-red-1024x869.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:46.54318%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037-copy-less-red-1-1024x999.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037-copy-less-red-1-1024x999.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037-copy-less-red-1-1024x999.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1520\" data-id=\"2194\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2194\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037-copy-less-red-1-1024x999.jpg\" data-width=\"1558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037-copy-less-red-1-1024x999.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:67.46760%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/103-1024x852.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/103-1024x852.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 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data-id=\"2196\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2196\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/102-3-1024x837.jpg\" data-width=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/102-3-1024x837.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100-1024x923.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100-1024x923.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100-1024x923.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"939\" data-id=\"2197\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2197\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100-1024x923.jpg\" data-width=\"1042\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100-1024x923.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thrip-on-egg-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more photos of this adult tube-tailed thrip:&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1337917\">Thrips found inside Canada Goldenrod stem &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Only once have I found the carcass of a fairyfly in a stem with oviposited tree cricket eggs. From what I read online, while they do parasitize eggs of other insects, the eggs of orthoptera do not seem to be a common host.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:51.66605%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/081-2-fairyfly-wing-1024x818.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/081-2-fairyfly-wing-1024x818.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/081-2-fairyfly-wing-1024x818.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1023\" data-id=\"2201\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2201\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/081-2-fairyfly-wing-1024x818.jpg\" data-width=\"1281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/081-2-fairyfly-wing-1024x818.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:48.33395%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/082-2-fairyfly-caecass-1024x874.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/082-2-fairyfly-caecass-1024x874.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/082-2-fairyfly-caecass-1024x874.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1320\" data-id=\"2202\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2202\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/082-2-fairyfly-caecass-1024x874.jpg\" data-width=\"1546\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/082-2-fairyfly-caecass-1024x874.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Apparently this is a very understudied insect, so I will not attempt to offer information. Here are some links to information:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairyfly\">Fairyfly &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/61794\">Family Mymaridae &#8211; Fairy Wasps &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Wikipedia: Despite their relative abundance, fairyflies are unpopular among modern insect collectors because of the great difficulty in collecting them.&nbsp;As one of the least known insect families, a large amount of information is still waiting to be discovered about fairyflies.&nbsp;This is an area of entomology where an amateur naturalist can still make significant contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 25 \u2013 Mites in or near tree cricket egg cases<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All I know about mites is that I often find them inside dead plant stems or in harvested shrub and tree branches with tree cricket oviposition marks. I imagine that they can also be found in stems or branches without tree cricket holes. My guess is that these photos and video are probably showing mites taking advantage of available real estate, but I\u2019m not qualified to say whether they contributed to emptying these egg cases. There are some species of mites that eat fungi, which I commonly see on degraded eggs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:44.32084%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pg-39-mite-300.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=242&#038;ssl=1 242w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"357\" data-id=\"2167\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2167\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pg-39-mite-300.jpg\" data-width=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pg-39-mite-300.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" 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1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prickly-Ash-mite-nymphs-by-oecanthinae-egg-case-scaled.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1771\" data-id=\"2172\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2172\" data-url=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prickly-Ash-mite-nymphs-by-oecanthinae-egg-case-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prickly-Ash-mite-nymphs-by-oecanthinae-egg-case-scaled.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:27.70565%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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data-id=\"2180\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2180\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/006-2-2-821x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"1138\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/006-2-2-821x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:44.95188%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/010-adult-mite-on-Iowa-stem-2021-crop-2-1024x775.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/010-adult-mite-on-Iowa-stem-2021-crop-2-1024x775.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/010-adult-mite-on-Iowa-stem-2021-crop-2-1024x775.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1163\" data-id=\"2183\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2183\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/010-adult-mite-on-Iowa-stem-2021-crop-2-1024x775.jpg\" data-width=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/010-adult-mite-on-Iowa-stem-2021-crop-2-1024x775.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:57.91769%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/061-3.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/061-3.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/061-3.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=978&#038;ssl=1 978w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"694\" data-id=\"2181\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2181\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/061-3.jpg\" data-width=\"978\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/061-3.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:42.08231%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/032-11-1024x1001.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/032-11-1024x1001.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/032-11-1024x1001.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1046\" data-id=\"2182\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2182\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/032-11-1024x1001.jpg\" data-width=\"1070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/032-11-1024x1001.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Occasionally, photos are submitted to iNaturalist and BugGuide of tree crickets with mites attached: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/146798973\">Two-spotted Tree Cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata) from 1617 Eden Mill Rd, Pylesville, MD 21132, USA on August 10, 2016 at 09:08 AM by richard crook \u00b7 iNaturalist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mites have fed upon living Orthopterans for millions of years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/301934188_A_Carboniferous_Mite_on_an_Insect_Reveals_the_Antiquity_of_an_Inconspicuous_Interaction\">(PDF) A Carboniferous Mite on an Insect Reveals the Antiquity of an Inconspicuous Interaction (researchgate.net)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 24 \u2013 Parasitic wasps and paralyzing wasps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Every winter that I have opened old stems, I have found at least one parasitic wasp. They are almost always still inside the tree cricket egg case, and are dry and brittle. All have appeared to be fully developed. I also find empty, brown-tinted egg cases which I believe once held wasps which managed to emerge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rectangular\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?resize=640%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2139\" style=\"width:436px;height:275px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C647&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?resize=768%2C485&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?resize=1536%2C970&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?resize=1170%2C739&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?resize=350%2C220&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?w=1643&amp;ssl=1 1643w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wasp-4.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:43.08649%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/b-1-1024x648.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/b-1-1024x648.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/b-1-1024x648.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1233\" data-id=\"2144\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2144\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/b-1-1024x648.jpg\" data-width=\"1947\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/b-1-1024x648.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:22.57679%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Antennae-of-3.5mm-wasp-845x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Antennae-of-3.5mm-wasp-845x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=845&#038;ssl=1 845w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1273\" data-id=\"2147\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2147\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Antennae-of-3.5mm-wasp-845x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Antennae-of-3.5mm-wasp-845x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:34.33672%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head-of-3.5mm-wasp.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head-of-3.5mm-wasp.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=689&#038;ssl=1 689w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"548\" data-id=\"2148\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2148\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head-of-3.5mm-wasp.jpg\" data-width=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head-of-3.5mm-wasp.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/064-oethecoctonus-oecanthi-cropped.jpg?resize=640%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/064-oethecoctonus-oecanthi-cropped.jpg?resize=1024%2C498&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/064-oethecoctonus-oecanthi-cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/064-oethecoctonus-oecanthi-cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/064-oethecoctonus-oecanthi-cropped.jpg?resize=1170%2C569&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/064-oethecoctonus-oecanthi-cropped.jpg?w=1315&amp;ssl=1 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus far I have only found <em>Oethecoctonus oecanthi<\/em> (superfamily Platygastroidea, family Scelionidae)\u2013 a known parasitic wasp of <em>Oecanthus<\/em>. In May 2021, from a goldenrod stem I collected from along the Mississippi River in NE Iowa, a tiny wasp emerged (3.5mm). I hoped it was <em>O. oecanthi<\/em>, but it was too small for me to get good photos of the live wasp, and it managed to escape its enclosure before I could attempt more photos. However, note the antennae. <em>O. oecanthi<\/em> has club-shaped antennae, and this small wasp did not. Additionally, I cannot confirm it came from an <em>Oecanthus<\/em> egg &#8212; only that it emerged from one of the stems I had collected and kept indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/049-wasp-not-O-oecanthi-iowa-stem-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2159\" style=\"width:-313px;height:-234px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/049-wasp-not-O-oecanthi-iowa-stem-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/049-wasp-not-O-oecanthi-iowa-stem-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/049-wasp-not-O-oecanthi-iowa-stem-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/049-wasp-not-O-oecanthi-iowa-stem-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/049-wasp-not-O-oecanthi-iowa-stem-1-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/049-wasp-not-O-oecanthi-iowa-stem-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have managed to find tiny wasps outdoors, but they are all too tiny for me to be able to examine or photograph well. I am certainly not a wasp expert, so I would not be able to identify them. I am still hopeful that one day I will encounter a tiny wasp actively ovipositing into an oviposition site of <em>Oecanthus<\/em>. Although I do not know whether this is <em>Oethecoctonus ocanthi<\/em>, the video shows how a very tiny wasp can manage to get one of its own eggs into an Oecanthinae egg inserted beyond 4mm deep in a stem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grooming-wasp-not-O.-oecanthi.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another documented parasitic wasp that invades tree crickets is in the genus <em>teleas<\/em> (superfamily <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/345184\/tree\"><strong>Platygastroidea<\/strong><\/a>, family Scelionidae). The drawings below are from Ayers (1884) On the Development of <em>Oecanthus<\/em> <em>niveus<\/em> and its Parasite <em>teleas<\/em>. Note: I cannot guarantee I have the wasp taxonomy correct.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The egg on the right <strong>appears <\/strong>to have a wasp embryo inside&#8230;it is <strong>not <\/strong>a tree cricket embryo.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ayers.jpg?resize=206%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2152\" style=\"width:245px;height:335px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960.jpg?resize=640%2C975&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2160\" style=\"width:246px;height:375px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960.jpg?resize=672%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960.jpg?resize=768%2C1171&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8960.jpg?w=797&amp;ssl=1 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fig 1. An egg of <em>Oecanthus<\/em> with the three stages of <em>teleas<\/em> in situ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another problematic wasp for tree crickets are \u2018grass-carrying\u2019 <em>Isodontia<\/em>. &nbsp;They somehow paralyze the tree crickets (as well as other Orthopterans), and leave them in their nest for their larvae offspring to feed upon. Below are two species:&nbsp; <em>Isodontia elegans<\/em> (with a Two-spotted tree cricket nymph) and <em>Isodontia mexicana<\/em> (which emerged from a cocoon found in the grass nest above a crank-open window.) The Snowy tree cricket nymph was with six katydids in that nest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:65.72214%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/isodontia-elegans.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=423&#038;ssl=1 423w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"510\" data-id=\"2153\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2153\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/isodontia-elegans.jpg\" data-width=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/isodontia-elegans.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:34.27786%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hatched-from-cocoon.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=560&#038;ssl=1 560w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"419\" data-id=\"2154\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2154\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hatched-from-cocoon.jpg\" data-width=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hatched-from-cocoon.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isodontia-wasp-nest.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=490&#038;ssl=1 490w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"368\" data-id=\"2155\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2155\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isodontia-wasp-nest.jpg\" data-width=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isodontia-wasp-nest.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snowy-tree-cricket-in-wasp-nest-rotated.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=444&#038;ssl=1 444w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"353\" data-id=\"2156\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2156\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snowy-tree-cricket-in-wasp-nest-rotated.jpg\" data-width=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snowy-tree-cricket-in-wasp-nest-rotated.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 23 \u2013 Opening old stems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>These stems were opened following the season during which they should have emerged. I find eggs or empty cases in various states. Some look degraded, some are empty, and some appear to never have developed\u2014perhaps they were never fertilized. <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?resize=640%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2121\" style=\"width:-121px;height:-92px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C787&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1181&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?resize=2048%2C1575&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?resize=1170%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/023-2.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2546\" height=\"2063\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?fit=640%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?w=2546&amp;ssl=1 2546w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?resize=1024%2C830&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?resize=768%2C622&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?resize=1536%2C1245&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?resize=2048%2C1659&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?resize=1170%2C948&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/037.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?resize=1170%2C878&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-empty-egg-case-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is interesting is that often there will be a line of eggs, many of which successfully hatched, but a few will look plump with fluid. In a continuous line as shown below, one might assume it was the same female ovipositing that area and that she moved to each subsequent hole. <\/strong><strong>Perhps the eggs that appear to never have been fertilized<\/strong><strong> could be <\/strong><strong>from a<\/strong><strong> female who oviposited before receiving a spermatophore, and then went back and filled in the spaces with eggs after mating and receiving sperm. Or it could be the work of more than one female<\/strong><strong>, one of which never mated<\/strong><strong>\u2026.or I could be completely wrong!<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2898.jpg?resize=640%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2898.jpg?resize=1024%2C347&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2898.jpg?resize=300%2C102&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2898.jpg?resize=768%2C260&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2898.jpg?resize=1170%2C397&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2898.jpg?w=1439&amp;ssl=1 1439w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2898.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seeing the minimal amount of plant matter surrounding the eggs above, makes the fact that these eggs made it through sub-freezing temperatures the previous winter even more amazing.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Below you can see how discolored and dried these eggs are, even on those that have evidence of an embryo inside (dark eyes).<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged-1024x1001.jpg?resize=640%2C626&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2125\" style=\"width:-220px;height:-214px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged.jpg?resize=1024%2C1001&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged.jpg?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged.jpg?resize=768%2C751&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged.jpg?resize=1536%2C1502&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged.jpg?resize=1170%2C1144&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged.jpg?w=1675&amp;ssl=1 1675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/012-never-emerged.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg-818x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C801&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2126\" style=\"width:-346px;height:-433px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg.jpg?resize=818%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 818w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg.jpg?resize=768%2C962&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg.jpg?resize=1227%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg.jpg?resize=1170%2C1465&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg.jpg?w=1395&amp;ssl=1 1395w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/042-degraded-egg.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most disturbing finds inside stems are fully developed nymphs freed from their egg case that for some reason were never able to exit the stem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dead-nymph-in-stem-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There should have been some wriggling visible. I opened the stem and it revealed the nymph was free of the egg, but for some reason could not get completely out of the stem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is one that never managed to get through the hole.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tc-nymphcouldnt-get-out-stem.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2134\" style=\"width:-223px;height:-166px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tc-nymphcouldnt-get-out-stem-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tc-nymphcouldnt-get-out-stem-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tc-nymphcouldnt-get-out-stem-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tc-nymphcouldnt-get-out-stem-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tc-nymphcouldnt-get-out-stem-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a number of other things encountered after opening old stems&#8230;including eggs of other critters and what I assume are fungi.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0.5mm-wasp-inside-egg-poss-Anagrus-Hymenoptera-Mymaridae.jpg?resize=640%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2129\" style=\"width:321px;height:241px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0.5mm-wasp-inside-egg-poss-Anagrus-Hymenoptera-Mymaridae.jpg?w=776&amp;ssl=1 776w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0.5mm-wasp-inside-egg-poss-Anagrus-Hymenoptera-Mymaridae.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0.5mm-wasp-inside-egg-poss-Anagrus-Hymenoptera-Mymaridae.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?resize=640%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2130\" style=\"width:469px;height:259px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?resize=1024%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?resize=768%2C423&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?resize=1536%2C847&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?resize=1170%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?w=1609&amp;ssl=1 1609w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pink-fungus.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?resize=640%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2131\" style=\"width:535px;height:359px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?resize=1024%2C688&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?resize=768%2C516&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?resize=1536%2C1033&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?resize=1170%2C787&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?w=1648&amp;ssl=1 1648w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aqua-fungus.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the following days, I will cover other critters found inside these stems, including mites, thrips and wasps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 22 \u2013 Early nymphs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In my experience, 95% of the time the nymphs emerge from stems between 4-6 a.m. That is from stems I have harvested and kept indoors when the days of emergence seem near. I imagine coming out when there is less daylight, when the night roamers would be thinking about retiring for the day, and the day roamers have not yet come out full force is a good idea, as they are very vulnerable as they go through the process of emerging from the stem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/emerging-forbesi-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are only 3-4mm when they first emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nymph-next-to-pinky-nail-for-website.jpg?resize=220%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2112\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is amazing how these tiny creatures, free to move for the first time, can scamper so quickly !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Running-O.-argentinus.m4v\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This little nymph has emerged from a stem, and within minutes is scampering around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This little nymph is only 10 minutes old, and seems to be learning what he can do with his antennae. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Western-antennae-10-minutes-old-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here is another very young nymph (1<sup>st<\/sup> instar) nibbling on a clump of aphids.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-instar-eating-aphids.jpg?resize=231%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2115\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Very young nymphs have translucent bodies and rounded heads.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?resize=640%2C932&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2117\" style=\"width:-227px;height:-330px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?resize=703%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 703w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1119&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?resize=1054%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1054w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?resize=1405%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?w=1614&amp;ssl=1 1614w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-stage-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> My current plan is to cover anatomy in February, and a species a day in March.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tomorrow:&nbsp; Opening stems<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 21 \u2013 Caput Fluidum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have not seen that term used for tree cricket nymphs\u2019 watery bump on the top of the head for the first 45 minutes of life\u2026but it seems like one that fits the appearance. Fulton (1915, pg. 9) called it a \u2018prominent watery bump on the head\u2019 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lf15.pdf\">https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lf15.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iowa-nymph-10-5-31.jpg?resize=640%2C468&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2097\" style=\"width:730px;height:533px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iowa-nymph-10-5-31.jpg?resize=1024%2C748&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iowa-nymph-10-5-31.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iowa-nymph-10-5-31.jpg?resize=768%2C561&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iowa-nymph-10-5-31.jpg?w=1103&amp;ssl=1 1103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/caput-succadaneum.jpg?resize=496%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2098\" style=\"width:248px;height:192px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/caput-succadaneum.jpg?w=496&amp;ssl=1 496w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/caput-succadaneum.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthinae-nymph-showing-caput-succanedum.jpg?resize=577%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthinae-nymph-showing-caput-succanedum.jpg?w=577&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthinae-nymph-showing-caput-succanedum.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can see the eye on the opposite side of the head through the clear fluid in the bump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Although not ideal photos, below shows the gradual reabsorption of the fluid \u2013 with a prominent bump within 1 minute of emergence, then after 15 minutes, 30 minutes and finally no fluid at all after 45 minutes. Perhaps someday someone will do an indepth study of this phenomenon, and deem it caput fluidum !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:25.15295%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-minute-after-emergence-734x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-minute-after-emergence-734x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=734&#038;ssl=1 734w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1115\" data-id=\"2100\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2100\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-minute-after-emergence-734x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-minute-after-emergence-734x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:26.75399%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-min-after-emerged-6-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=555&#038;ssl=1 555w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"728\" data-id=\"2101\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2101\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-min-after-emerged-6-2.jpg\" data-width=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-min-after-emerged-6-2.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:24.40785%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/30-minutes-after-emerged-Iowa-13.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=502&#038;ssl=1 502w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"722\" data-id=\"2102\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2102\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/30-minutes-after-emerged-Iowa-13.jpg\" data-width=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/30-minutes-after-emerged-Iowa-13.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:23.68522%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/45-minutes-after-emerged-6-2-21-Iowa-nymph-13.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=367&#038;ssl=1 367w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"544\" data-id=\"2103\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2103\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/45-minutes-after-emerged-6-2-21-Iowa-nymph-13.jpg\" data-width=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/45-minutes-after-emerged-6-2-21-Iowa-nymph-13.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It reminds me of the caput succedaneum seen on human infants \u2013 caused by prolonged pressure against the head as it emerges. I am not sure if orthopterans that emerge from soft soil also have this bump. If not, perhaps the fluid is a protective phenomena ?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Human.jpg?resize=271%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2105\" style=\"width:180px;height:181px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Human.jpg?w=271&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Human.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow:&nbsp; Early nymphs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 20 &#8211; Hatching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first time I opened a stem, very early in my study of tree crickets, I mistakenly thought it was too late in the summer and would no longer have viable eggs inside. While examining an area where holes were evident on a stem, I remember thinking, \u2018Ugh\u2026maggots\u2019.&nbsp; One small yellowish maggot was writhing. It took me a couple minutes to realize it was a hatching tree cricket nymph!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?resize=640%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?resize=1024%2C613&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?resize=768%2C460&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?resize=1536%2C919&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?resize=1170%2C700&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?w=2038&amp;ssl=1 2038w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-look-O.-forbesi.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I wasn\u2019t entirely wrong about no longer having viable eggs. There were several unfertilized eggs and empty channels where other nymphs had already emerged. Note the somewhat pointed shape of the head on the emerging nymph.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Publication1.jpg?resize=603%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Publication1.jpg?resize=603%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 603w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Publication1.jpg?resize=177%2C300&amp;ssl=1 177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Publication1.jpg?resize=768%2C1303&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Publication1.jpg?w=805&amp;ssl=1 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a drawing from Fulton\u2019s 1915 paper. It amazes me that he managed to capture the process so well considering macrophotography in the early 1900\u2019s was certainly not what it is today. Perhaps he had a photographic memory.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fulton-hatching.jpg?resize=485%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fulton-hatching.jpg?w=485&amp;ssl=1 485w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fulton-hatching.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These videos show an emerging nymph early in the process, and a nymph tugging to free himself at the end of the process. They don&#8217;t just pop out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Initial-emergence-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Freed-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 19 \u2013 Eggs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tree cricket eggs are 3-4mm in length, and only 0.5mm wide. How these tiny units survive many, many freezing days and nights in the northern US boggles the mind. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8295-ruler.jpg?resize=640%2C531&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2064\" style=\"width:493px;height:409px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8295-ruler.jpg?w=973&amp;ssl=1 973w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8295-ruler.jpg?resize=300%2C249&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8295-ruler.jpg?resize=768%2C638&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spacing of eggs in a very slender stem.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nigricornis-eggs-in-stem.jpg?resize=342%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nigricornis-eggs-in-stem.jpg?w=342&amp;ssl=1 342w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nigricornis-eggs-in-stem.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spacing of eggs in a slightly wider stem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eggs-of-tepejuage-10-09.jpg?resize=245%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eggs-of-tepejuage-10-09.jpg?w=245&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eggs-of-tepejuage-10-09.jpg?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The top \/ head end of the eggs have a white or brownish matter with a lattice-like pattern. The tips do appear to have slightly different shapes based on the <em>Oecanthus<\/em> species group or genus. I believe these eggs below are:&nbsp; <em>Oecanthus californicus<\/em>, <em>Oecanthus pini,<\/em> <em>Oecanthus niveus, Oecanthus forbesi, Oecanthus quadripunctatus, Oecanthus walkeri <\/em>and<em> Neoxabea bipunctata. <\/em>The last photo is a closeup of the intricate pattern of a cap.<\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:19.46812%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9550-bon-tempe-lake-egg-684x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9550-bon-tempe-lake-egg-684x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=684&#038;ssl=1 684w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1389\" data-id=\"2068\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2068\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9550-bon-tempe-lake-egg-684x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9550-bon-tempe-lake-egg-684x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:24.04678%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pine-TC-egg-from-White-Pine-branch.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=456&#038;ssl=1 456w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"552\" data-id=\"2069\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2069\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pine-TC-egg-from-White-Pine-branch.jpg\" data-width=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pine-TC-egg-from-White-Pine-branch.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:21.53746%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/egg-found-in-Prickly-Ash.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=599&#038;ssl=1 599w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"810\" data-id=\"2070\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2070\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/egg-found-in-Prickly-Ash.jpg\" data-width=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/egg-found-in-Prickly-Ash.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:34.94763%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=327&#038;ssl=1 327w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"272\" data-id=\"2071\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2071\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes.jpg\" data-width=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:34.10548%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3106-quadripunctatus-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3106-quadripunctatus-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3106-quadripunctatus-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"2072\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2072\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3106-quadripunctatus-1024x768.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3106-quadripunctatus-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:20.11749%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-walkeri-cap-300dpi-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=244&#038;ssl=1 244w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"311\" data-id=\"2076\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2076\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-walkeri-cap-300dpi-1.jpg\" data-width=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-walkeri-cap-300dpi-1.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:18.17183%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-from-grapevine-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-from-grapevine-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=602&#038;ssl=1 602w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"850\" data-id=\"2077\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2077\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-from-grapevine-1.jpg\" data-width=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-from-grapevine-1.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:27.60520%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9572-cap-pattern-1-1024x950.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9572-cap-pattern-1-1024x950.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9572-cap-pattern-1-1024x950.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1047\" data-id=\"2078\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2078\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9572-cap-pattern-1-1024x950.jpg\" data-width=\"1129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9572-cap-pattern-1-1024x950.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This egg came from a stem that was found lying in water from a winter thaw. I tried keeping it slightly moist, but it slowly shrunk and a nymph never emerged. You can see the eye inside the egg case.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pg-2-Eye-in-egg.jpg?resize=258%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2079\" style=\"width:326px;height:263px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>These photos show the entire egg of <em>Oecanthus bakeri<\/em> and <em>Neoxabea bipunctata<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-rectangular wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:47.99944%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2549-nica-varicornis-bakeri-rotated.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=596&#038;ssl=1 596w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"422\" data-id=\"2080\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2080\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2549-nica-varicornis-bakeri-rotated.jpg\" data-width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2549-nica-varicornis-bakeri-rotated.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:52.00056%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-spotted-TC-egg-for-website.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=251&#038;ssl=1 251w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"164\" data-id=\"2081\" data-link=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/?attachment_id=2081\" data-url=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-spotted-TC-egg-for-website.jpg\" data-width=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-spotted-TC-egg-for-website.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">JANUARY 18 \u2013 Diapause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a topic of which I admittedly have a poor understanding. I think I will cover all my lack of deep knowledge topics for a later month (and thus most of you will forget I ever mentioned them \ud83d\ude09 ), and for now I will give a simple overview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Definition: a period of suspended development in an insect, other invertebrate, or mammal embryo, especially during unfavorable environmental conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even I can certainly grasp that tree cricket eggs in areas with very cold winters must go through diapause in order to survive to the next season. In northern areas of North America, these tiny eggs miraculously survive subzero temperatures December through March.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005_0805winter0001.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2057\" style=\"width:730px;height:973px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005_0805winter0001.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005_0805winter0001.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005_0805winter0001.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005_0805winter0001.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005_0805winter0001.jpg?w=1704&amp;ssl=1 1704w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005_0805winter0001.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article includes good information on diapause:  <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/k340lm87.pdf\">https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/k340lm87.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SINA-diapause-article.png?resize=489%2C860&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SINA-diapause-article.png?w=489&amp;ssl=1 489w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SINA-diapause-article.png?resize=171%2C300&amp;ssl=1 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are other sources for information on diapause:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/322701317_Insect_Diapause_A_Review\">(PDF) Insect Diapause: A Review (researchgate.net)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/322701317_Insect_Diapause_A_Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/eea.12753\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/eea.12753<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/357669793_The_circadian_clock_gene_Clock_regulates_photoperiodic_time_measurement_and_its_downstream_process_determining_maternal_induction_of_embryonic_diapause_in_a_cricket\">(PDF) The circadian clock gene (Clock) regulates photoperiodic time measurement and its downstream process determining maternal induction of embryonic diapause in a cricket (researchgate.net)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. David Denlinger seems to be an expert on diapause:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Denlinger+DL&amp;cauthor_id=23615363\">Denlinger DL &#8211; Search Results &#8211; PubMed (nih.gov)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow:&nbsp; Eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 17 \u2013 Stems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cold, snowy Wisconsin, the only tree cricket activity available to me during the winter months is to search for oviposited stems. Bentley B Fulton\u2019s 1915 article does an excellent job of showing the oviposition patterns for the different species groups. <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lf15.pdf\">https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lf15.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These photos (taken in SE Wisconsin) show a recently oviposited stem in late summer; a twig that went through the winter, which was oviposited the previous season awaiting emergence of nymphs in early summer; and a stem in late autumn showing the openings where nymphs emerged in early summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?resize=640%2C860&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2046\" style=\"width:247px;height:333px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?resize=762%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 762w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?resize=768%2C1032&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?resize=1143%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1143w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?resize=1525%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1525w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?w=1809&amp;ssl=1 1809w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-nigricornis-on-goldenrod.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Row-of-Oecanthus-eggs-in-Russian-Sage-stem-rotated.jpg?resize=633%2C878&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2048\" style=\"width:-319px;height:-443px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Row-of-Oecanthus-eggs-in-Russian-Sage-stem-rotated.jpg?w=633&amp;ssl=1 633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Row-of-Oecanthus-eggs-in-Russian-Sage-stem-rotated.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/021-rotated.jpg?resize=360%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2050\" style=\"width:-37px;height:-49px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/021-rotated.jpg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/021-rotated.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oviposition marks are found in a variety of patterns and on a large number of host plants, shrubs and trees.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stems-collage.jpg?resize=624%2C789&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2053\" style=\"width:664px;height:840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stems-collage.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stems-collage.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details about oviposition pattern for each species will be covered in another month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">JANUARY 16 \u2013 Oviposition \u2013 Ensuring the Next Generation<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lyons-female.jpg?resize=640%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2037\" style=\"width:505px;height:737px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lyons-female.jpg?resize=702%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 702w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lyons-female.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lyons-female.jpg?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Females have ovipositors that are capable of drilling through bark and creating channels in the soft pith of plant stems and the softest areas of twigs or branches on trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Bentley B Fulton\u2019s 1915 paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-puncture-plug-BB-Fulton-1915.jpg?resize=640%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-puncture-plug-BB-Fulton-1915.jpg?w=917&amp;ssl=1 917w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-puncture-plug-BB-Fulton-1915.jpg?resize=300%2C64&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egg-puncture-plug-BB-Fulton-1915.jpg?resize=768%2C163&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-fulton-drawing.jpg?resize=155%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2039\" style=\"width:174px;height:135px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing above is an ovipositing tree cricket drawn by BB Fulton in 1915.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo below is <em>Oecanthus forbesi<\/em> in Wisconsin \u2013 100 yrs later.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?resize=640%2C827&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2040\" style=\"width:329px;height:425px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?resize=792%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 792w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?resize=768%2C993&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?resize=1188%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?resize=1170%2C1513&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?w=1428&amp;ssl=1 1428w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ovipositing-B-W.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Catmint-female-ovipositing.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Ovipositing O. forbesi<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Plugging up hole after ovipositing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-Post-ovipositing-by-Catmint-1.m4v\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY&nbsp; 15&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp; Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dream job for me would have been to visit every insect collection in the world to examine their Oecanthinae specimens&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09&nbsp; I should add, however, that examining tree cricket specimens is stressful because they are extremely fragile.&nbsp; It is not uncommon to find an unattached limb or two in a box. Sadly, over time they lose their beautiful coloring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insect Research Collection&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UWM.jpg?resize=640%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2021\" style=\"width:-157px;height:-90px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UWM-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UWM-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UWM-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UWM-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C880&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UWM-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UWM-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Museum Entomology Collection    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Honolulu<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthus-spp.-Bishop-Museum.jpg?resize=640%2C499&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2025\" style=\"width:526px;height:410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthus-spp.-Bishop-Museum-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthus-spp.-Bishop-Museum-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthus-spp.-Bishop-Museum-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C599&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthus-spp.-Bishop-Museum-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1198&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthus-spp.-Bishop-Museum-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oecanthus-spp.-Bishop-Museum-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Florida State Collection of Arthropods \u2013&nbsp;Gainesville&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?resize=640%2C569&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2026\" style=\"width:-275px;height:-243px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?resize=1024%2C911&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?resize=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?resize=768%2C683&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?resize=1536%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?resize=1170%2C1041&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?w=1781&amp;ssl=1 1781w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1275-Gainesville.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">California Academy of Sciences \u2013 San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?resize=640%2C696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" style=\"width:458px;height:498px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?resize=942%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 942w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?resize=768%2C835&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?resize=1412%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1412w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?resize=1170%2C1272&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?w=1621&amp;ssl=1 1621w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0298-CAS.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University \u2013 Philadelphia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2028\" style=\"width:522px;height:392px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?resize=1170%2C878&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/213-ANSP-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Cornell University Insect Collection &#8211; Ithaca NY<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1170%2C878&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/039-Cornell-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many unidentified species in boxes. Antennal markings can be very useful in some species, but many can have similar or no markings, and without their original colors it is very difficult if not impossible to identify them. Even specimens in alcohol lose their coloring. Below is an ANSDU vial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?resize=640%2C385&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2031\" style=\"width:636px;height:382px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?resize=1024%2C616&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?resize=768%2C462&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?resize=1536%2C924&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?resize=2048%2C1232&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?resize=1170%2C704&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vials-2-in-ANSP.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 14 \u2013 Journal of Orthoptera Research &amp; The Orthopterists\u2019 Society<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Orthopterists\u2019 Society has over 300 members from 60 countries across 6 continents, and publishes&nbsp;a newsletter, <a href=\"http:\/\/orthsoc.org\/publications\/metaleptea\/\"><em>Metaleptea<\/em><\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jor.pensoft.net\/\"><em>Journal of Orthoptera Research<\/em><\/a> (JOR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orthsoc.org\/\">http:\/\/orthsoc.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-181917.jpg?resize=640%2C783&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-181917.jpg?w=711&amp;ssl=1 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-181917.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JOR is dedicated to articles about Orthoptera \u2013 which is basically Grasshoppers, Locusts, Katydids and Crickets\u2026and also occasionally includes closely related insects such as Mantids, Cockroaches, Walking Sticks and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the great joys of my life was having a photograph of mine on the cover for the issue which included the description of <em>Oecanthus walkeri<\/em>, a new species found in Texas and named after my mentor, Thomas J. Walker. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioone.org\/journals\/journal-of-orthoptera-research\/volume-21\/issue-1\/034.021.0104\/Oecanthus-walkeri--A-New-Species-of-Tree-Cricket-from\/10.1665\/034.021.0104.full\">Oecanthus walkeri: A New Species of Tree Cricket from Texas (bioone.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JOR-cover.png?resize=311%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2016\" style=\"width:343px;height:441px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JOR-cover.png?w=311&amp;ssl=1 311w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JOR-cover.png?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the best things about JOR is that accessing it is completely free online\u2026anyone can check out the articles. Older articles can be found at the BioOne site:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/bioone.org\/journals\/journal-of-orthoptera-research\">Journal of Orthoptera Research publishes on the behavior, cytology, and ecology of the insect Order Orthoptera and relatives. (bioone.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They changed to Pensoft publishing in 2016\/17. <a href=\"https:\/\/jor.pensoft.net\/\">https:\/\/jor.pensoft.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-161323.jpg?resize=640%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-161323.jpg?resize=1024%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-161323.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-161323.jpg?resize=768%2C423&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-161323.jpg?resize=1170%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-161323.jpg?w=1449&amp;ssl=1 1449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-18-161323.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope to co-author two more description papers as lead author. There is one new species in Honduras and one, possibly two, more new species in Mexico that I have already put into motion as far as getting them described, with drafts written. We are awaiting song recordings for the <em>Neoxabea<\/em> in Honduras, and DNA results for the <em>Oecanthus<\/em> in Mexico. My last goal is to get a species named after Margaret W. Brooks, a female entomologist from the late 1800\u2019s\u2026so I guess that means authoring one <strong>more <\/strong>last paper. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Membership in the Orthopterists\u2019 Society comes with the awesome benefit of getting papers published in JOR at no cost to the author. As a citizen scientist, this has been immensely helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 13 \u2013 Orthoptera Species File <\/strong>\u2013 World Database of Orthoptera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Orthoptera Species File (OSF) describes itself as \u2018<\/strong>a website and a database created specifically to provide a source of taxonomic information for researchers and others working on Orthoptera\u2019. It contains an immense number of links to supporting documentation for each species, literature citations, keys, images and other data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orthoptera.speciesfile.org\/Common\/basic\/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1128056\">subfamily Oecanthinae Blanchard, 1845: Orthoptera Species File<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orthoptera.speciesfile.org\/Common\/basic\/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1128056\">http:\/\/orthoptera.speciesfile.org\/Common\/basic\/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1128056<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am honored to have my website mentioned under the subfamily of Oecanthinae.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?resize=640%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?resize=1170%2C647&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?w=1677&amp;ssl=1 1677w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-193315-OSF.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Images and song recordings are included for many species of tree cricket.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O-pallidus-page.png?resize=640%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2009\" style=\"width:711px;height:347px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O-pallidus-page.png?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O-pallidus-page.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OSF is also an excellent source for old papers and species descriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSF-page-for-exclamationis-papers.png?resize=432%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2010\" style=\"width:535px;height:339px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSF-page-for-exclamationis-papers.png?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSF-page-for-exclamationis-papers.png?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSF-description-of-exclamationis.png?resize=624%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2011\" style=\"width:682px;height:354px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSF-description-of-exclamationis.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSF-description-of-exclamationis.png?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They do an awesome job of keeping taxon placements up to date \u2013 with new species and moving of genera based on results from DNA projects. There\u2019s a big project taking place at Texas A&amp;M University, for which I have provided many tree cricket specimens. Fingers are crossed that most of those specimens were in good enough shape for processing, and that not too many of those I have co-described end up as synonyms !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 12 \u2013 iNaturalist.org \u2013 A World Database of All Living Things<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>iNaturalist includes photos and recordings of tree crickets from around the world.&nbsp; The website is <\/strong>a joint initiative of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/calacademy.org\/\">California Academy of Sciences<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/\">National Geographic Society<\/a>.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/world-map-oecanthinae.png?resize=624%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/world-map-oecanthinae.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/world-map-oecanthinae.png?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This is a great site for finding unusual or undescribed species. I personally have co-described three new species of tree crickets in Mexico, which underwent the necessary investigations by the people who had posted the photos on iNaturalist. We corresponded via internet to make sure all the necessary measurements, photographs and recordings were obtained.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/19793312\">https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/19793312<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-mhatreae.png?resize=626%2C127&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-mhatreae.png?w=626&amp;ssl=1 626w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-mhatreae.png?resize=300%2C61&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/N.-mexicana.png?resize=624%2C126&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/N.-mexicana.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/N.-mexicana.png?resize=300%2C61&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I concentrate on trying to ID <em>Oecanthus<\/em> and <em>Neoxabea<\/em>, and dabble in <em>Xabea<\/em> from Australia. There are many photos of <em>Oecanthus<\/em> and <em>Neoxabea<\/em> from South America that I wish could be ID\u2019d to species\u2026perhaps one day an avid Oecanthinist from that area will pop up.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iNat-screenshot.jpg?resize=492%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iNat-screenshot.jpg?w=492&amp;ssl=1 492w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iNat-screenshot.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To give you an idea of how vast a resource iNaturalist is, as of January 2023 there are over 26,000 observations of Oecanthinae from around the world. Since these photos are for only 79 species, it indicates that many more observations (or identifications) are needed to match the many hundreds of known species. There are thousands of photos stuck in subfamily and genus. Tree crickets can be difficult to ID by photos\u2026especially when it it a single view without a clear view of the necessary characters.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations?place_id=any&amp;taxon_id=148912&amp;view=species\">https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations?place_id=any&amp;taxon_id=148912&amp;view=species<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 11<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211;&nbsp; BugGuide.net\u2019s Value in Tree Cricketing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BugGuide is a great online resource (created by Troy Bartlett in 2004 and currently hosted by Iowa State University), for photographs and locations of tree crickets within the continental US and Canada. As stated on their homepage: <strong>Our Mission&nbsp; <\/strong>Using the best resources we have access to, we are creating a knowledgebase to help each other and the online community.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1996\" style=\"width:739px;height:387px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?resize=1024%2C537&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?resize=1536%2C805&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?resize=1170%2C613&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-12-17-192347-BugGuide.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently close to 4,000 photos of tree crickets on BugGuide: <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/158769\">Subfamily Oecanthinae &#8211; Tree Crickets &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They try to have a gathering every summer in a different location. Some past gatherings took place in Wisconsin, Tennessee, Iowa, New Mexico, Virginia and Louisiana. One of the best tree cricket teaching moments occurred in Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/212647\">Musical Male Tree Cricket, Gathering_2008 &#8211; Neoxabea bipunctata &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I appreciate being able to see my postings back to the beginning of my tree cricket journey. Here they are in descending order:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/adv_search\/bgsearch.php?user=14022&amp;taxon=158769&amp;description=&amp;county=&amp;city_location=&amp;adult=&amp;immature=&amp;male=&amp;female=&amp;representative=\">BugGuide Advanced Search<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although identifying tree crickets from photographs is not 100% accurate, having maps of locations and dates when tree crickets are found there is valuable data. As climate changes over the years, it will be interesting to see how future tree cricket data compares to years past.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BugGuide-map.png?resize=624%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BugGuide-map.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BugGuide-map.png?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While tree crickets chose me (January 1<sup>st<\/sup> Blog Entry), I imagine it would be fairly easy for any citizen scientist to find another relatively small family, subfamily or genus of insects in an area by looking through the taxonomy tab on BugGuide, and then peruse online sources to see how well studied they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hint:&nbsp; Ateloplus seems like a good candidate<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ateloplus-info.png?resize=624%2C292&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ateloplus-info.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ateloplus-info.png?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 10 &#8211; Dr. Thomas J. Walker and the Singing Insects of North America (SINA) website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Just as Fulton\u2019s paper is my bible, Walker\u2019s website is my database. Dr. Thomas J. Walker co-founded the Singing Insects of North America (SINA) website \u2013 which contains copious amounts of data for many species of Orthoptera, including numerous papers focused on tree crickets. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/index.htm\">Singing Insects of North America (SINA) (orthsoc.org)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SINA-pg.png?resize=272%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1988\" style=\"width:397px;height:410px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I am truly honored to have my website mentioned on SINA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subfamily Oecanthinae<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To view distribution maps and photographs and hear the songs of North American tree crickets, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/cricklist.htm#oecanthinae\">list of species<\/a> and access the species pages, which are under development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For keys to species see <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576a.htm#w62\">Walker 1962<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576a.htm#w63\">Walker 1963<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For a beautifully illustrated, informative website devoted to Oecanthinae, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecanthinae.com\/\">http:\/\/www.oecanthinae.com\/<\/a>. This site, created by Nancy Collins (an energetic oecanthine enthusiast), is organized into more than 20 sections and has impressive still photos and videos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allard HA. 1930a. The chirping rates of the snowy tree cricket (<em>Oecanthus niveus<\/em>) as affected by external conditions. Can. Entomol. 62: 131-142. [=<em>Oecanthus fultoni<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allard HA. 1930b. Changing the chirp-rate of the snowy tree cricket <em>Oecanthus niveus<\/em> with air currents. Science 72: 347-349. [=<em>Oecanthus fultoni<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lb79.pdf\">Bell PD. 1979<\/a>. Rearing the black horned tree cricket, <em>Oecanthus nigricornis<\/em> (Orthoptera Gryllidae). Can. Entomol. 111: 709-712.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell PD. 1980. Multimodal communication by the black-horned tree cricket, <em>Oecanthus nigricornis<\/em> (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Can. J. Zool. 58: 1861-1868.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blatchley WS. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America. Indianapolis, IN: Nature Publishing. 784 p. <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lb20.pdf\">Oecanthinae<\/a> (pp. 709-727). (The introductory pages to Blatchley&#8217;s book are accessible on SINA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/allrefs.htm#b20\">references page<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Block BC. 1966. The relation of temperature to the chirp-rate of male snowy tree cricket, <em>Oecanthus fultoni<\/em> (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 59: 56-59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown WD, Wideman J, Andrade MCB, Mason AC, Gwynne DT. 1996. Female choice for an indicator of male size in the song of the black-horned tree cricket, <em>Oecanthus nigricornis<\/em> (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). Evolution 50: 2400-2411.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown WD. 1997. Courtship feeding in tree crickets increases insemination and female reproductive life span. Anim. Behav. 54: 1369-1382. [<em>Oecanthus nigricornis<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown WD. 1997. Female remating and the intensity of female choice in black-horned tree crickets, <em>Oecanthus nigricornis<\/em>. Behav. Ecol. 8: 66-74.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown WD, Kuns MM. 2000. Female choice and the consistency of courtship feeding in black-horned tree crickets <em>Oecanthus nigricornis<\/em> Walker (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). Ethology 106: 543-557.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecanthinae.com\/\">Collins N. 2010-date<\/a>. Oecanthinae &#8211; tree crickets. A website devoted to all aspects of the biology of oecanthines with an emphasis on <em>Oecanthus <\/em>and <em>Neoxabea<\/em>, by a dedicated naturalist and profusely illustrated with photographs and videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lf15.pdf\">Fulton BB. 1915<\/a>. The tree crickets of New York: life history and bionomics. N. Y. Agric. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bul.l 42: 3-47.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Walker is the reason I began my journey into studying tree crickets. Despite my lack of scientific training, other than nursing of humans, he must have recognized my obsessive tendency \ud83d\ude09, and suspected I would be a good candidate for making observations and gathering data for the small number of US species of this subfamily of insects. Neither of us had any idea how far my obsession would grow. (I wasn\u2019t, however, as obsessed with taking successful selfies.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tom-and-I.jpg?resize=640%2C652&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1989\" style=\"width:309px;height:314px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tom-and-I.jpg?resize=1005%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1005w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tom-and-I.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tom-and-I.jpg?resize=768%2C782&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tom-and-I.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spent the majority of his career at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Dr. Walker was involved with many research projects (online free access to journals, butterfly migration, Natural Area Teaching Laboratory), but also wrote many important tree cricket taxonomy papers. <a href=\"https:\/\/original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu\/tjwalker\">UFDC Home &#8211; Entomological Research of T.J. Walker (ufl.edu)<\/a> After retiring, he remained on as a Professor Emeritus for many years. <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/tjw.htm\">Thomas J. Walker (orthsoc.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was his including me as a co-author on the description of <em>Oecanthus alexanderi<\/em> that led to my co-authoring other description papers. He convinced me I would be able to write them. <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lwc10.pdf\">s576lwc10.pdf (orthsoc.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-alexanderi.jpg?resize=401%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1991\" style=\"width:539px;height:661px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-alexanderi.jpg?w=401&amp;ssl=1 401w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/O.-alexanderi.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My obsession led to numerous field excursions and the description of five new species in Nicaragua with Dr. Eric van den Berghe; two new species in Texas with Dr. Laurel B. Symes; three new species in Mexico with Isabel Margarita&nbsp;Coronado Gonz\u00e1lez,&nbsp;Bruno Victor Alfons&nbsp;Govaerts,&nbsp;Dr. Aurora Y.&nbsp;Rocha-S\u00e1nchez,&nbsp;Wilbur&nbsp;Hershberger and Dr. Carlos Gerardo&nbsp;Velazco-Macias; one new species in California (found by Ken R. Schneider); and one new species in New Mexico with Dr. David C. Lightfoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of this would have been possible without the mentorship and kindness of Dr. Thomas J. Walker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Metaleptea_37_1.pdf?\">Metaleptea_37_1.pdf (orthsoc.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, Dr. Walker passed away in April 2026. He was my mentor and my friend.  I will miss him deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 9<sup>  &#8211;&nbsp; <\/sup>Dr. Bentley Ball Fulton &#8211; and My Tree Cricket Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I want to pay homage to Dr. Bentley Ball Fulton, an entomologist who specialized in Orthoptera (i.e. crickets and katydids). I consider his 1915 paper, <strong>The tree crickets of New York: Life histories and bionomics, <\/strong>my tree cricket bible. His investigations were so in depth he described the chirping song of Snowy tree cricket as \u2018a series of clear, rhythmically repeated whistles with a pitch about C, two octaves above middle C\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB-FultonSIA-SIA2008-1754.jpg?resize=640%2C897&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978\" style=\"width:594px;height:832px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB-FultonSIA-SIA2008-1754.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 731w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB-FultonSIA-SIA2008-1754.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB-FultonSIA-SIA2008-1754.jpg?resize=768%2C1075&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB-FultonSIA-SIA2008-1754.jpg?w=857&amp;ssl=1 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Acc 90-105, Box 8, Folder Portraits Ful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/siarchives.si.edu\/collections\/siris_arc_382990\">Bentley Ball Fulton (1889-1960) &#8211; siris_arc_382990|Smithsonian Institution Archives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snaccooperative.org\/history\/58373596\/8533212\">Fulton, Bentley Ball, 1889-1960. &#8211; History &#8211; Social Networks and Archival Context (snaccooperative.org)<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>His drawings are scientifically intricate and aesthetically beautiful, and include eggs inserted in stems, embryos emerging as nymphs, body systems and parts down to the cellular level, full body views of adults and nymphs, abdomen patterns, wing development and a pair mating at night. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lf15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576lf15.pdf<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cells-and-gland.png?resize=221%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1979\" style=\"width:190px;height:289px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cells-and-gland.png?w=221&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cells-and-gland.png?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wing-development.png?resize=186%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1980\" style=\"width:195px;height:275px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pini-and-latipennis.png?resize=227%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981\" style=\"width:191px;height:256px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pini-and-latipennis.png?w=227&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pini-and-latipennis.png?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was his many drawings of oviposited stems that taught me how to search for eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-with-eggs.png?resize=313%2C602&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-with-eggs.png?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-with-eggs.png?resize=156%2C300&amp;ssl=1 156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-b-with-eggs.png?resize=528%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-b-with-eggs.png?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-b-with-eggs.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of his drawings are so precise, and the capture of the intricate design of the caps of eggs is amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 8 \u2013 Tree Crickets Through the Microscope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snowy.jpg?resize=447%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snowy.jpg?w=447&amp;ssl=1 447w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snowy.jpg?resize=288%2C300&amp;ssl=1 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I clearly remember the first time I looked at a tree cricket through a microscope at the Insect Research Collection at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I was astonished that a very old specimen would have such clear black markings on the base of the antennae, and matched what I had been seeing on the SINA website: <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/585da.htm\">snowy tree cricket (Oecanthus fultoni) (orthsoc.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few other photos taken that day, early in my journey of studying tree crickets. These are Forbes\u2019, Pine, and Narrow-winged &nbsp;tree cricket antennal markings.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0894.jpg?resize=640%2C678&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1965\" style=\"width:462px;height:489px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0894.jpg?resize=967%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 967w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0894.jpg?resize=283%2C300&amp;ssl=1 283w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0894.jpg?resize=768%2C814&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0894.jpg?w=1145&amp;ssl=1 1145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0917.jpg?resize=640%2C703&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1967\" style=\"width:457px;height:501px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0917.jpg?resize=932%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 932w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0917.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0917.jpg?resize=768%2C844&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0917.jpg?w=1165&amp;ssl=1 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0929-Narrow-winged.jpg?resize=640%2C791&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1968\" style=\"width:445px;height:550px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0929-Narrow-winged.jpg?resize=828%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 828w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0929-Narrow-winged.jpg?resize=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0929-Narrow-winged.jpg?resize=768%2C950&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0929-Narrow-winged.jpg?resize=1242%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0929-Narrow-winged.jpg?resize=1170%2C1448&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0929-Narrow-winged.jpg?w=1404&amp;ssl=1 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a later trip to the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (Gainesville), I found other characters that look amazing through the microscope, like corrugations on a male\u2019s wings, the elevated projections on the abdomen of the Two-spotted tree cricket male, and intricate details of males\u2019 metanotal glands (In February we will concentrate on anatomy.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"955\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1106-corregated-wings-B.jpg?resize=640%2C955&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1969\" style=\"width:498px;height:743px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1106-corregated-wings-B.jpg?resize=686%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1106-corregated-wings-B.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1106-corregated-wings-B.jpg?resize=768%2C1146&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1106-corregated-wings-B.jpg?resize=1029%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1029w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1106-corregated-wings-B.jpg?w=1034&amp;ssl=1 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"910\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Top-of-abdomen-of-N.-bipunctata-2.jpg?resize=505%2C910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Top-of-abdomen-of-N.-bipunctata-2.jpg?w=505&amp;ssl=1 505w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Top-of-abdomen-of-N.-bipunctata-2.jpg?resize=166%2C300&amp;ssl=1 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metanotal.jpg?resize=616%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1971\" style=\"width:505px;height:514px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metanotal.jpg?w=616&amp;ssl=1 616w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metanotal.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will add here that examining old tree cricket specimens is difficult as they are very dry and brittle. One minor bump and a leg can easily come off. It\u2019s fairly common to find a loose limb or two in boxes with pinned tree cricket specimens.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/225.jpg?resize=606%2C845&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1972\" style=\"width:259px;height:361px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/225.jpg?w=606&amp;ssl=1 606w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/225.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because tree crickets get so dry and brittle when pinned, it\u2019s not just legs that fall off. The holotype (main specimen used to describe a new species) for <em>Oecanthus marcosensis<\/em> (Baker 1905) at the Smithsonian Institution (U.S. National Entomological Collection) is missing its head \u2013 a vital part for making tree cricket ID\u2019s. This species was demoted to a synonym in 1932. In 2010, we found tree crickets matching Baker\u2019s description near the location where he had found <em>O. marcosensis<\/em> and named them <em>O. bakeri,<\/em> because without the head, we couldn\u2019t prove or disprove they were the same tree crickets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also lose their nice green colors \u2013 to the point that all species eventually look brown or tan. Some darker areas do remain, but reds turn brownish, while orange and yellow disappears.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C500&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1170%2C762&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/184-all-pale-brown-ANSP-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 7 \u2013 Often Heard But Rarely Known<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tree crickets are often heard, but rarely known. My mission is to change that. I want tree crickets to be as easily recognizable as butterflies and lady bugs!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster-of-species.jpg?resize=640%2C827&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950\" style=\"width:651px;height:842px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster-of-species.jpg?resize=792%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 792w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster-of-species.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster-of-species.jpg?resize=768%2C993&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster-of-species.jpg?w=952&amp;ssl=1 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since tree crickets in the US occur in so many habitats, most people have likely heard one \u2013 without realizing what it is. I have even heard them on landscape plants in the middle of large parking lots. Even if folks have legitimately not heard one outdoors, chances are they have heard one on TV or in movies. <strong>The chirping songs of the Snowy and Riley\u2019s tree crickets are often heard in the background in US films and TV shows to depict a warm summer evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To Kill a Mockingbird&nbsp; 1962&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=to+kill+a+mockingbird+movie+free&amp;&amp;view=detail&amp;mid=9EF408FFA6F6B6CFE8329EF408FFA6F6B6CFE832&amp;&amp;FORM=VRDGAR&amp;ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dto%2520kill%2520a%2520mockingbird%2520movie%2520free%26qs%3DMM%26form%3DQBVDMH%26%3D%2525eManage%2520Your%2520Search%2520History%2525E%26sp%3D3%26pq%3Dto%2520kill%2520%26sk%3DMM2%26sc%3D10-8%26cvid%3DC15DDC9C617C41639E0AAF3BF50D829E\">To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).mp4 &#8211; Bing video<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Best heard at 30:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rawhide&nbsp; i.e.&nbsp; 1951&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=rawhide&amp;&amp;view=detail&amp;mid=DCBD3ECA0EE41996B96ADCBD3ECA0EE41996B96A&amp;&amp;FORM=VRDGAR&amp;ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Drawhide%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVDMH%26%3D%2525eManage%2520Your%2520Search%2520History%2525E%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Drawhide%26sc%3D10-7%26sk%3D%26cvid%3D810D7209CB724C8D92CF05CA7C18966F%26ghsh%3D0%26ghacc%3D0%26ghpl%3D\">Rawhide (1951) Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward &#8211; directed by Henry Hathaway &#8211; Bing video<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Best heard starting around 48 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Waltons.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next time you hear one outdoors, teach anyone nearby what it is\u2026.please&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below:  Snowy tree cricket male singing on a potted Geranium plant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-video-3.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below:  Narrow-winged tree cricket male singing on a potted Coleus plant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-video-2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below: Pine tree cricket male singing on a White pine tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-video-4.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 6 &#8211; An Obsession is Born<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes-male.jpg?resize=192%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1943\" style=\"width:216px;height:338px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes-male.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes-male.jpg?w=218&amp;ssl=1 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes-female.jpg?resize=307%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1944\" style=\"width:382px;height:417px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes-female.jpg?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forbes-female.jpg?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two individuals were captured in 2008. I kept them indoors to study them further. It was then I began to understand more about the male\u2019s song and the female\u2019s ovipositing process. By recording the song, Dr. Thomas J. Walker (my soon to be mentor) confirmed that these were Forbes\u2019, and not Black-horned. Although they can look identical, Forbes\u2019 sings faster than Black-horned\u2026and is most easily ID\u2019d at high temperatures. Dr. Walker determined that my recordings of males singing in close to 90F temperatures revealed a very fast rate \u2013 above 80 pulses per second. <strong>(Which means the wings were moving back and forth\/opening closing 80 times per second!&#8230;the same as the fastest hummingbird wing flap speed.)<\/strong> Black-horned would have had a rate of 68-72 pulses per second. Both of these species can range in color from mostly black on the head, pronotum and limbs, to mostly green. The individuals I was finding in SE Wisconsin and NE Illinois tended to have yellowish heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing that <strong>I<\/strong> had been able to provide an entomologist with scientific information was mind-blowing, and an obsession was born.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Montelimar.jpg?resize=640%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Montelimar.jpg?w=704&amp;ssl=1 704w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Montelimar.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Montelimar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To give you an idea of how obsessed I was, while at this beautiful tropical resort on the Pacific coast in Nicaragua, the most exciting moment was hearing this:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Singing-allardi-at-Montelimar-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 5 \u2013 More of My Early Encounters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the second tree cricket I found after learning about my patio tree cricket a year earlier (Blog #1). From what I could find online back then, and seeing those black antennae, I assumed it was a Black-horned tree cricket \u2013 but I was wrong. (More about that in a later blog.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-Black-Horned.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-Black-Horned.bmp 855w, https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-Black-Horned.bmp 300w, https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-Black-Horned.bmp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the third tree cricket I found near my apartment complex (in 2007). It was singing during daytime, but the yew shrub was so thick and he was camouflaged so well that it took me about 30 minutes to find him!&nbsp; Look how he has his rust-colored head against the rust-colored limb, and his green body and wings up against the green needles.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-Scrabble-Pine-Cricket-011.jpg?resize=437%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-Scrabble-Pine-Cricket-011.jpg?w=437&amp;ssl=1 437w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-Scrabble-Pine-Cricket-011.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;That second season, I spotted a female tree cricket (Narrow-winged vs Snowy) on the ceiling at the entrance to my workplace. I was elated, but surprisingly, none of my co-workers shared my enthusiasm.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of 2008, I had found a total of seven species: Two-spotted, Forbes\u2019, Pine, Snowy, Narrow-winged, Four-spotted and Davis\u2019\u2026adults and nymphs (young).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found tiny nymphs of Two-spotted and Narrow-winged on a VERY windy day. They had been knocked off leaves in an apple tree, and were climbing back up the tree. In subsequent years, I have learned to look for nymphs after VERY windy events. One year, in Janesville WI, my family helped me find 19 nymphs of <em>Neoxabea bipunctata<\/em> on the ground after a storm with EXTREMELY high winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Two-spotted (<em>Neoxabea bipunctata<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rectangular\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-spotted-Tree-Cricket.jpg?resize=300%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1934\" style=\"width:391px;height:298px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-spotted-Tree-Cricket.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-spotted-Tree-Cricket.jpg?w=569&amp;ssl=1 569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narrow-winged-nymph-1.jpg?resize=300%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1936\" style=\"width:415px;height:304px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narrow-winged-nymph-1.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narrow-winged-nymph-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C751&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narrow-winged-nymph-1.jpg?resize=768%2C563&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narrow-winged-nymph-1.jpg?w=1035&amp;ssl=1 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">          Narrow-winged (<em>Oecanthus niveus<\/em>)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With no background in insects other than raising monarchs and cecropias as a child, my 50 yr-old eyes and mind were just being opened to the wonders all around. I also quickly realized I needed a decent camera!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 4 \u2013 Oldest Known Tree Cricket Specimens in Amber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-insects-13-00619-g003.png?resize=640%2C990&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-insects-13-00619-g003.png?resize=662%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 662w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-insects-13-00619-g003.png?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-insects-13-00619-g003.png?resize=768%2C1188&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-insects-13-00619-g003.png?resize=993%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 993w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-insects-13-00619-g003.png?resize=1324%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-insects-13-00619-g003.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, an article described two new genera and species of tree crickets found in amber from Myanmar, from the mid-Cretaceous period (80 to 115 million years ago).)They are the oldest representatives of tree crickets, a truly remarkable scientific discovery.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2075-4450\/13\/7\/619\">Insects | Free Full-Text | The Oldest Representatives of Tree Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Oecanthinae) from Northern Myanmar (mdpi.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOTE: Despite the important contributions to science, debates continue regarding obtaining amber from Myanmar after 2017, when the military took control of the mines, as the mines are felt to be responsible for many human rights violations and funding its civil war. See this article for more pros and cons: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42003-022-03847-2\">Ethics, law, and politics in palaeontological research: The case of Myanmar amber | Communications Biology (nature.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a little information about amber. Amber is fossilized tree resins. I suspect most of us have seen the dripping of resin from trees, such as conifers. Here is a photo I took of a hanging glob of resin from a tree in south Texas, with insect eggs on it. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8145-drop-of-resin-B.jpg?resize=220%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8145-drop-of-resin-B.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8145-drop-of-resin-B.jpg?resize=751%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 751w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8145-drop-of-resin-B.jpg?resize=768%2C1047&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8145-drop-of-resin-B.jpg?w=958&amp;ssl=1 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spider-beetle.jpg?resize=234%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spider-beetle.jpg?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spider-beetle.jpg?w=381&amp;ssl=1 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a tiny spider beetle stuck on a leaf on the ground covered with pine sap. I managed to free him, but his hind legs would not move and he died two days later. It shows how easily insects were trapped on amber thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food for Thought:&nbsp; <em>Cretaceogekko<\/em>&nbsp;<em>burmae<\/em>&nbsp;is a prehistoric&nbsp;gecko&nbsp;known from a foot and partial tail preserved in&nbsp;amber&nbsp;97 to 110 million years ago in Myanmar. These geckos could have been a predator of the two tree cricket species described in the above article: <em>Birmanioecanthus haplostichus<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Apiculatus cretaceus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 3 &#8211; First Official Description of a Tree Cricket<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johannis Antonii Scopoli was the first person to describe a tree cricket in 1763. It was named <em>Gryllus pellucens<\/em>, and would later be changed to <em>Oecanthus pellucens<\/em>. &nbsp;(This is likely the species Salvi drew in 1750 \u2013 see Blog entry #2.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/209872#page\/5\/mode\/1up\">Entomologica Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates methodo Linnaeana &#8211; Biodiversity Heritage Library (biodiversitylibrary.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EntomologicaCar00Scop_0005.jpg?resize=592%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EntomologicaCar00Scop_0005.jpg?resize=592%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EntomologicaCar00Scop_0005.jpg?resize=173%2C300&amp;ssl=1 173w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EntomologicaCar00Scop_0005.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New species of tree crickets continue to be described each year\u2026there were two new species of <em>Oecanthus<\/em> in 2022 \u2013 one from the U.S. and one from Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/literature\/collinslightfoot2022.pdf\">\ufeffA new species of tree cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Oecanthinae) from Chihuahuan Desert gypsum dunes in the United States and a key to the nigricornis species group (orthsoc.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/361466198_New_species_of_tree_cricket_Oecanthus_Serville_1831_Orthoptera_Grylloidea_from_Southern_Brazilian_Atlantic_Forest_with_bioacoustics\">(PDF) New species of tree cricket Oecanthus Serville, 1831 (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) from Southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with bioacoustics (researchgate.net)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s interesting to compare Scopoli\u2019s 1763 description of a new species with Zefa\u2019s 2022 paper. I admit that many modern scientific papers are beyond my ability to fully understand. My equipment is basic (My First Lab microscope) vs Zefa\u2019s sophisticated lab equipment (Discovery V20 Zeiss stereomicroscope, equipped with Ax-ioVision system), and DNA is completely over my head. Therefore, the end of my days of being the lead author for describing new species is probably overdue, but hopefully younger folks will continue to find and describe new species. It would be sad for tree cricket species to become extinct without documenting and honoring them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the words of Carl Linnaeus, who formalized the naming of organisms: The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished and known by classifying them methodically and giving them appropriate names. Therefore, classification and name-giving will be the foundation of our science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 2 &#8211; An Encounter 273 Years Ago<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the first known drawings of tree crickets. Lodovico Salvi, an Italian philosopher, drew an adult male, an adult female and a stem with eggs inside.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L.-Salvi-1750-Memoir-locuste-grillajole-2.jpg?resize=640%2C505&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L.-Salvi-1750-Memoir-locuste-grillajole-2.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L.-Salvi-1750-Memoir-locuste-grillajole-2.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was published in 1750, and the first tree cricket was not described until 1763. If you can read Italian, you can find the article here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bub_gb_HsEz9uP2IzwC\/page\/n13\/mode\/2up\">Memorie intorno le locuste grillajole al sommo filosofo signor Giulio Pontedera Lodovico Salvi : Lodovico Salvi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=HsEz9uP2IzwC&amp;pg=GBS.PR1&amp;hl=en\">Memorie intorno le locuste grillajole al sommo filosofo signor Giulio Pontedera [Lodovico Salvi] &#8211; Google Play Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted Lodovico Salvi to get the credit he deserves, so I named a new species found by Ken Schneider in 2019 <em>Oecanthus salvii<\/em> (Sage tree cricket). <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/s576ns2020.pdf\">Oecanthus salvii sp. nov. (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): A new tree cricket species from Modoc County in northeast California (orthsoc.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I must admit it is gratifying to \u2018have the glorious privilege\u2019 of having my name inscribed in the \u2018deathless roll of zoology\u2019 [The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]. &nbsp;Over 270 years from now, perhaps someone will be reading my name in association with tree crickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JANUARY 1 \u2013 The First Encounter&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I suspect I am the most avid amateur investigator of tree crickets (Oecanthinae) in the Western Hemisphere. I am a citizen scientist \/ amateur entomologist, but I call myself a citizen oecanthinist. I was 50 yrs old when I encountered my first tree cricket in 2006 &#8211; a male Two-spotted tree cricket (<em>Neoxabea bipunctata<\/em>). I am literally the accidental oecanthinist. You can read the story here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/user\/view\/14022\">Wisconsin Oecanthinancy &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-Spotted-3-1.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1874\" style=\"width:362px;height:195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-Spotted-3-1.bmp 356w, https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Two-Spotted-3-1.bmp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-square wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery is-style-square\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row columns-1\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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It allows me to see images with special meaning to me every day. It includes drawings in papers as far back as 1750, exquisite drawings in papers by BB Fulton and Thomas J Walker, photos I have taken, a photo taken of Raymond H. Beamer&#8217;s expedition in 1932, graphs and images from Oecanthinae articles, and journal covers. This one is from 1884 \u2013 Howard Ayers drawings of the development of O niveus (would later be O. fultoni) and its parasite, Teleas. It was in the 3rd volume (#8) of Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. Dr. Bentley Ball Fulton\u2019s 1915 paper: Dr. Raymond H. Beamer expedition in New Mexico, 1932. Imagine the heat during this expedition&#8230;no air conditioning in that car! His specimens in the collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University eventually led to the description of Oecanthus beameri in 2022. A waveform of the song I recorded of Oecanthus alexanderi &#8211; the first species for which I was a junior author on a description paper. Dr. Laurel Symes (working on being a Dr. at the time) in a Tepejuage tree recording what would later be described as Oecanthus walkeri &#8211; the first paper I co-authored and was lead author. This was when I really became obsessed with tree crickets. I included this photo to remind me of Natasha Mhatre, who along with Dr. Walker and Dr. Symes, has been so kind and complimentary to me. Even though I did not provide materials for this particular paper, this figure is so pretty I just had to include it. Changing resonator geometry to boost sound power decouples size and song frequency in a small insect (pnas.org) Tomorrow:&nbsp; February will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1858","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry",""],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":2554,"today_views":0},"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5510,"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1858\/revisions\/5510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oecanthinae.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}