Big and Loud

Last night the cat wouldn’t come in. So Crumby had to go outside to find the cat. You may know that on full moon nights, your cat may not come in. Your cat may stay out, possibly all night.

But Crumby, while fixing to find his cat, got distracted by an incredible racket. Crumby thought to himself, That is maybe the loudest insect racket I have ever heard. Yes. There were twain insects counter-singing nearby. Turns out, one of them was easily espied in the top of Carolina buckthorn (Rhamnus caroliniana).



Here it is, Paracryptophyllus robustus. Crumby found a recording of its song on the www. That’s how he identified it to species. It’s supposedly a Texas endemic katydid.

Oh. The cat came in. It’s too hot for Crumby’s cat to stay out for long, even at night.