30th August 2008, 04:53 am
We had quite a plague of these European Earwigs (Forficula auricularia)[1] back in July, when there was still some moisture about. Now that it has been very dry for a few months their numbers have plummeted, but for a while there we were literally finding heaps of them every time we turned over a rock or picked up a board.
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5th July 2008, 05:00 am
Here’s one that probably everybody in North America has at least heard, if not seen: field crickets. I recorded this sound clip on June 17, which was when the spring field crickets (Gryllus veletis) started singing[1].
Chirp of Spring Field Cricket (.wav file)
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Tags:
black,
detrivores,
fish bait,
found all over the place,
found in furniture,
found in house,
found in yard,
found under rocks,
juicy and succulent,
singing,
tarantula food Category:
Crickets,
Insects,
Orthoptera |
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