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During this month the Tree cricket (Oecanthus niveus, Fig. 267) lays its eggs in the branches of peach trees.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Small light-green or whitish arboreal crickets are tree crickets, [genus Oecanthus] which have the most melodious chirps or trills.
Capital Weather Gang 2010
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"temperature cricket" [Oecanthus fultoni, whose chirps sound a bit like sleigh bells] around here, but I did hear some of them chirping near my sister's home in La Crescent, MN while on vacation Monday night.
Capital Weather Gang 2010
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