Three weeks ago this didn't concern me here in MN. But now, well into Augus=
t, I'm still waiting to hear the first of our usual late-summer insects. No=
w very much overdue.
Rob, you're definitely on to something. We had near record rainfall here in=
June. Could that have drowned out this years hatch?
Curt Olson
MinnesotaSoundscapes.com
On Jul 19, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Curt Olson wrote:
> We just got back from a couple days in St. Louis County, MN, north of Dul=
uth. We heard some those grasshoppers that make a loud crackling sound when=
they fly (sorry folks, I don't know their name). Plenty of fireflies... an=
d biting flies... and mosquitoes, of course! It all seemed pretty normal fo=
r mid-July in northern MN. I expect the racket should be increasing a lot o=
ver the next couple weeks.
>
> Curt Olson
> MinnesotaSoundscapes.com
>
> Rob D. wrote:
>
>>
>> Have others in the upper midwest US noticed almost no insect singing thi=
s summer?
>> We had a very cold winter, a very slow fade-in spring and as yet no stre=
tches of really warm days/nights.
>> Could populations just be really low? I've seen only a few small cricket=
s and small grasshoppers.
>>
>> Its very eerie to have the windows open at night in mid July and hear no=
thing except a single cricket chirp for 2-4 seconds and maybe again in 15 m=
inutes,..
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rob D.
>
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