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Old 10-08-2009, 09:54 AM
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Re: Night-singing grasshopper sounds like a cicada - ID?

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Originally Posted by crazylilthing View Post
Unfortunately, I don't know the neighbours two doors down. They're quite new here. However I can see from one of our windows that their garden is mainly laid to lawn which is kept largely unmown for most of the time. There is overhanging vegetation, such as a large wisteria and a few other bits and pieces.

Could it be:

ROESEL'S BUSH CRICKET Metrioptera roeselii , which is well-established on Walthamstow marshes, for example?
Yes it could be - they sound a bit like a freewheeling bicycle - the warmer it is the faster the bike! And it is more or less constant once it warms up
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