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Old 10-08-2009, 08:45 PM
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Re: Night-singing grasshopper sounds like a cicada - ID?

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Originally Posted by aeshna5 View Post
Roesel's tends to stridulate during the day rather than night. This is very common in the London area where there is long rough grassland.
I seem to hear them calling quite a bit at night when out on bat survey it's a slower sound but they're there - often silent by end of survey it's true but I wonder if the street lights and heat island effect would keep them going at night ......
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