#oecanthinae

[rattyexplores]

“I’m just a bit of leaf please don’t hurt me”

[ryanhodnett]

Common Tree Cricket (Oecanthus sp.)

Ryan Hodnett | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Original on Wikimedia Commons

[drhoz]

Oecanthus quadripunctatus - Four-spotted tree cricket singing

[drhoz]

Tree Cricket, singing

[drhoz]

#131 - Striped Tree Cricket

Photo by Kelly Adey

I was asked if I knew what this one was, and suggested Tree Cricket. Happily for my ego, I was right. Oecanthus rufescens a.k.a. the Striped Tree Cricket, is an Australian relative of the Snowy Tree Cricket.

One distinctive feature of the genus appears to the criss-crossing veins on their wings, when they're folded - they certainly caught my attention.