black-horned tree cricket
Oecanthus nigricornis F. Walker 1869

map	male	male
male	female	mating pair
male	eggs	antennal markings

	15 s of calling song [1.32MB]; male from Saratoga Co., N. Y.; 25.6°C. (WTL589-18)
	6 s of calling song [261KB]; same as above but truncated and downsampled.

Sound spectrogram of 2 s of calling at 25.6°C (from WTL589-18). Dominant frequency 4.2 kHz.
Click on spectrogram to hear graphed song.

Identification:  Length 14–18 mm.

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Song data:  Excel worksheet and chart (from spectrographic analyses).

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More information:  genus Oecanthus, subfamily Oecanthinae.

References:  Fulton 1915, 1926a; Sismondo 1979; Walker 1963; Walker & Gurney 1967.

Nomenclature:  OSFO2 (Orthoptera Species File Online)