08-27-2009, 05:30 PM
PaulW... YIKES! You may have never heard of a “Katydid” but you've no doubt heard them at night. They're easy to pick out, especially in Hawaii as we've the loudest of them all, the Robust Conehead Katydid (Neoconocephalus robustus). They are the loudest of all night time critters in Hawaii and nothing else comes close.
“The loudest insect song in North America is produced by a coneheaded katydid. Under favorable conditions its song can be heard from as far as 500 meters.”
One of these bugs can drown out an entire legion of Coqui frogs and we have them in Puna.
Listen to the link and you’ll recognize the sound very quickly.
http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/195sl.wav
No doubt the speakers are turned down low and you still heard the continued ring in your ears after it stopped...now crank up the volume and listen to it more as it really occures. You can hear these guys off in the distance beyond the Coquis if you concentrate on listening for them. You can thank the Coqui that the Katydid aren't in your yard.
E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.
“The loudest insect song in North America is produced by a coneheaded katydid. Under favorable conditions its song can be heard from as far as 500 meters.”
One of these bugs can drown out an entire legion of Coqui frogs and we have them in Puna.
Listen to the link and you’ll recognize the sound very quickly.
http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/195sl.wav
No doubt the speakers are turned down low and you still heard the continued ring in your ears after it stopped...now crank up the volume and listen to it more as it really occures. You can hear these guys off in the distance beyond the Coquis if you concentrate on listening for them. You can thank the Coqui that the Katydid aren't in your yard.
E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.