Thanks Bernie, is this what you=92re talking about?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13958630 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13958630>
> On 3 Feb 2018, at 22:16, Bernie Krause [naturerec=
ordists] <> wrote:
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> Mostly, it sounds like common species of what, in English, are called wat=
er-boatmen (Corixidae). These can be found everywhere there is fresh water =
and decaying floral debris in vernal pools, in shallow water by ponds and l=
akeside, and even by the curb after a spring or summer rain, etc.
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> We first encountered these signatures in late March, 1984, at Mono Lake j=
ust east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the Eastern border of Califor=
nia while recording the Great Basin spadefoot toad (Spea intermontana) in a=
study for the University of California in Santa Cruz led by the late Ken N=
orris (who identified how dolphins generate and receive echolocation signal=
s). We were recording to see if the tadpoles generated sound (they do), and=
if the vocalizations of the adults carried in water as well as air (they d=
o). At the same time, we picked up these odd scraping sounds (water-boatmen=
) but couldn=92t identify them, at first. But after filling some buckets wi=
th water and mud from the pond, and sifting through the material, we were l=
eft with the water-boatmen and were able to record them separately, thus fi=
guring out the source.
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> Bernie
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>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 1:20 AM, <calandrella5=
> [naturerecordists] < <n=
>> wrote:
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>> Below the links to soundcloud for two of my underwater recordings from I=
taly.
>> Sounds are similar to that of your recording, but surely emitted by diff=
erent species of small aquatic insects.
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>> Marco
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>> https://soundcloud.com/marco- pesente/corixa-punctata-sound <https://sou=
ndcloud.com/marco-pesente/corixa-punctata-sound>
>> https://soundcloud.com/marco- pesente/micronecta-sp-lesser- water <https=
://soundcloud.com/marco-pesente/micronecta-sp-lesser-water>
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