Cape thermometer cricket | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Gryllidae |
Genus: | Oecanthus |
Species: | O. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Oecanthus capensis Saussure, 1878
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Oecanthus capensis, the Cape thermometer cricket, is a species of tree cricket (Subfamily Oecanthinae). [2] It has been found that the rate at which these crickets chirp follows Dolbear's law. [3]
Similar to Oecanthus pellucens, but a little smaller; the wings shorter, elytra of the female slightly stronger, male elytra shorter. The female's ovipositor is nearly the length of elytra. [1]
Southern, eastern and central South Africa. [4] [2]
Cape; capensis - after the Cape of Good Hope.
Thermometer cricket - The rate at which these crickets chirp can be used to the estimate the temperature.
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