Say’s trig (Anaxipha exigua)

Anaxipha exigua
Other common names
Say's bush cricket, Say's winged bush cricket
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Trigonidiidae
Subfamily:	Trigonidiinae
Tribe:	Trigonidiini
Genus:	Anaxipha
Scientific name
Anaxipha exigua (Say, 1825)
Geography
Native countries:
United States
Traits
Diet:	Fruit, Tree leaves, Forbs
Sound
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The Say’s trig (Anaxipha exigua) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Trigonidiinae (trigs).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceAnaxipha exigua

Habitat

Arbicole Herbicole

Diet

Fruit Tree leaves Forbs

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Strong flier

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
NatureServe Explorer				View URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Charles Hart — 3 specimens collected
• Herbert Holdsworth Ross — 2 specimens collected
• Carl Otto Mohr — 2 specimens collected

• Mark Rosenstein — 2 specimens collected
• Senna Robeson — 2 specimens collected
• Christian Grove — 1 specimen collected
• Zachary Dankowicz — 1 specimen collected
• Martin Kalfatovic — 1 specimen collected
• Clarence Holmes — 1 specimen collected
• Andrew Cannizzaro — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 17 specimens identified
• Clarence Holmes — 2 specimens identified
• Senna Robeson — 2 specimens identified

• Christian Grove — 1 specimen identified
• Zachary Dankowicz — 1 specimen identified
• Martin Kalfatovic — 1 specimen identified
• Russell Engelman — 1 specimen identified
• Andrew Cannizzaro — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsBugGuideCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)UMLS CUIXeno-canto