Stephen J. Toth, Jr., editor
Volume 20, Number 17, August 5, 2005

Ornamentals and Turf

From: Stephen B. Bambara and Christine A. Casey, Extension Entomologists

Have you ever visited the searchable North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Certified Nursery Database?

Or the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Green Industry web site?

Or the Sustainable Agriculture Growing Small Farms web site?

Or the Insect Images web site?

When the cicadas are tired from singing all day, the katydids take over at night filling the trees with noise. Below are web links to some interesting articles describing the songs of Katydids found in Raleigh by B.B. Fulton of North Carolina State College. They are from 1932. I guess some music never goes out of style. Katydids differ in their activity during the season and by time of day. It looks like August and September are going to be loud months.

http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/i00lf32.pdf
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/i00lf51.pdf

For identification and recordings, see the following web sites:

http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/katydids.htm
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/a00samples.htm

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Last modified on August 8, 2005 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.