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The Western tree cricket (Oecanthus californicus) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Oecanthinae (tree crickets).

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Taxonomy

*Oecanthus californicus*
Oecanthus californicus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Oecanthidae
Subfamily:	Oecanthinae
Tribe:	Oecanthini
Genus:	Oecanthus
Scientific name
	Oecanthus californicus Saussure, 1874
Geography
Native countries:
	Mexico; Canada; United States;
Sound
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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Distribution

Biology

Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
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.

Ken-ichi Ueda — 6 specimens collected
Ken Robert Schneider — 3 specimens collected
Katja Schulz — 2 specimens collected

Graham Montgomery — 2 specimens collected
Jessa Thurman — 1 specimen collected
Ted MacRae — 1 specimen collected
Zackary Graham — 1 specimen collected
Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 1 specimen collected
Mark Rosenstein — 1 specimen collected
Ryan Terrill — 1 specimen collected
Austin Kelly — 1 specimen collected
Nicholas Rocha — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

Tyler Grant — 4 specimens identified
Ken Robert Schneider — 2 specimens identified
Ted MacRae — 1 specimen identified

Graham Montgomery — 1 specimen identified
Ryan Terrill — 1 specimen identified
Austin Kelly — 1 specimen identified
Nicholas Rocha — 1 specimen identified

References