Cape Thermometer Cricket

Oecanthus capensis · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Gryllidae

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Cape Thermometer Cricket
Photo: Cecile Roux, CC BY-SA

The Cape Thermometer Cricket is a bit smaller than Oecanthus pellucens, with shorter wings and slightly different elytra in males and females. Females have an ovipositor that is almost as long as their elytra. It lives in southern, eastern and central South Africa and looks similar to Oecanthus pellucens.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a little smaller than Oecanthus pellucens, with shorter wings; the female's elytra are slightly stronger and the male's are shorter.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to southern, eastern and central South Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It resembles Oecanthus pellucens.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Gryllidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oecanthus_capensis

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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