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August 22, 2014

Sightings

Snowy Tree Cricket – a living thermometer!

Last night on Maple Crescent, I heard my first Snowy Tree Cricket of the summer. It started calling at about 8:30 p.m. Also known as the “thermometer cricket” you can use the cricket’s chirping rate to estimate air temperature. For degrees Celsius, count the number of chirps in 8 seconds Read more

By Drew Monkman, 11 yearsAugust 22, 2014 ago
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