During this week’s warm weather the bugs sang all night.
On Thursday evening I heard common true katydids (Pterophylla camellifolia) at the Fern Hollow Nature Center.
“chik-a-Chig, chik-a-Chig, chik-a-Chig.” Click here to hear them.
Pittsburgh’s katydids are the slow-singing “Northeastern race” at the beginning of the recording.
(photo by Lisa Brown, Creative Commons license via Flickr)
There was a Noises of the Night event at Raccoon Creek State Park last night, where we heard Katydids (Common True and False Meadow), saw a blue crayfish, and heard what was said to be a Northern Saw Whet Owl, but we couldn’t locate it to be sure. The event was followed by Moth Night, where we identified moths at the park. They are cataloging about 50 new (to them) species of moths every time they have one of those events. It was very cool!