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four-spotted tree cricket

Oecanthus quadripunctatus

image of Oecanthus quadripunctatus
Postcopulatory feeding.
Photograph by T.J. Walker, University of Florida.

The male has kept his forewings raised, exposing the metanotal gland. The female, who has received the male's spermatophore (the small white sphere at the tip of her abdomen), is feeding on the secretions of the gland.