Bush Cricket/Phyllopalpus pulchellus

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:58 am

EOS 20D
1/250 sec. @ f/6.3 ISO 100
430EX Canon Speedlite (-1/3)
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Canon Macro USM

Hear what the Bush Cricket sounds like (QuickTime Player required)!

http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/641sl.wav
ID courtesy of BugGuide.Net

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:16 am

I have never seen one of these before Ken...Super find

I wonder why the Last segment of the palps is oval flattened shape. It almost looks like a male spiders` palps

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:50 pm

You know I thought the same thing about those palps Doug.

They look almost like the antennae on a Japanese Beetle, note I said almost. Anyway the first time I have seen one too and they are quite small. This guy can't be more than a half inch in length. Thanks Doug.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:49 am

Ken, that's a nice picture -- and a very nice touch to include the link to the sound file!

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:36 pm

Thanks Rik

You know I just accidentally happened to run across that link while further researching the crickets ID to make sure it was what was referenced by BugGuide. I thought it would be pretty neat to include it in the post. Thanks again Rik!