four-spotted tree cricket
Oecanthus quadripunctatus
Postcopulatory feeding. The male has kept
his forewings raised, exposing the metanotal gland. The female, who has received the
male's spermatophore (the small white sphere at the tip of her abdomen), is feeding on
the secretions of the gland. Franklin County, Ohio; photograph by T.J. Walker, University
of Florida.