Cricket ID Needed
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Cricket ID Needed
Found in the sandhills prairie of IL, there were a lot of these last year.
Re: Cricket ID Needed
It reminds me of a weta of sorts, but I have no idea.
- Jeremy Westerman
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Re: Cricket ID Needed
Mormon Cricket Anabrus simplex probably a male as no ovipositor is visible.
Re: Cricket ID Needed
It is probably just a very dark mormon cricket...but check out this species to be sure: Utabaenetes tanneri.
- Lizardman1988
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Re: Cricket ID Needed
That would be Udeopsylla robusta. It can definitely look like U. tanneri, but that species is restricted to a couple dune systems in Utah and Arizona, while U. robusta occurs throughout the Great Plains.