Oecanthus fultoni

Oecanthus fultoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Oecanthus
Species: O. fultoni
Binomial name
Oecanthus fultoni
T. Walker, 1962

Oecanthus fultoni, also known as the snowy tree cricket,[1] or thermometer cricket,[1] is a species of tree cricket from North America.[2] It is referred to as the thermometer cricket because the approximate Fahrenheit temperature can be determined by counting the number of chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 40 to that number.[3] Before 1960, the name Oecanthus niveus was wrongly applied to this species.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Walker, Thomas J. (1962). "The Taxonomy and Calling Songs of United States Tree Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecaiithinae). I. The Genus Neoxabea and the niveus and varicornis Groups of the Genus Oecanthus" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Entomological Society of America. 55 (3): 303–322. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Walker, Thomas J. Walker, Thomas J.; Moore, Thomas E., eds. "snowy tree cricket". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  3. ↑ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Snowy Tree Cricket". Britannica.
  4. ↑ Walker, Thomas J. Walker, Thomas J.; Moore, Thomas E., eds. "narrow-winged tree cricket". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida. Retrieved 25 April 2012.


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