Nighttime explorations!

Around this time of the year you might be hearing more nighttime insect sounds. Crickets and katydids are most vocal during warm August nights and there are different species of each in the City. Check this website to learn their calls (http://www.songsofinsects.com/iframes/OLG_families.html) and this website (http://www.discoverlife.org/cricket/) to see the results of Cricket Crawl, a 2009 count of the seven most common New York City crickets and katydids. Katydids can be tough to find as most are bright green and blend in well with their surroundings. Send us a picture if you do find them near your home in a bush or garden or let us know where you hear them and which species you’ve encountered.

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Angle-wing katydid – not camouflaged!/Wiki images

Posted on 13 de agosto de 2013, 02:03 PM by americanmuseumofnaturalhistory