Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Oecanthus laricis (Oecanthus laricis), recorded as Endangered
Oecanthus laricis (Oecanthus laricis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Oecanthus laricis

Oecanthus laricis

Oecanthus laricis, the laricis tree cricket or tamarack tree cricket, is a cricket endemic to the Great Lakes region in the Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Oecanthus laricis
Taxonomy
Insecta · Orthoptera · Gryllidae · Oecanthus

Appearance

Individuals range from 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) in length with green forewings.

Range and habitat

Oecanthus laricis, the laricis tree cricket or tamarack tree cricket, is a cricket endemic to the Great Lakes region in the Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Song, season, and a named mountain are how many of these insects were split. A silent valley after fire is an empty record.

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Oecanthus laricis is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Oecanthus laricis — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1311735. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Oecanthus laricis?
Oecanthus laricis is a grasshopper or katydid in the family Gryllidae (order Orthoptera).
What is the conservation status of Oecanthus laricis?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Oecanthus laricis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Oecanthus laricis live?
Oecanthus laricis, the laricis tree cricket or tamarack tree cricket, is a cricket endemic to the Great Lakes region in the Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada.
Why is Oecanthus laricis in crisis?
Individuals range from 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) in length with green forewings.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Oecanthus laricis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Oecanthus laricis a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.