The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118665   Message #2705920
Posted By: Janie
21-Aug-09 - 11:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gardening, 2009
Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
I'll look, Maggie, probably tomorrow.

We have a second generation of cicadas singing now. This group sings loudest late afternoon and early evening. The first batch started in earnest at dusk and continued until the wee hours of morning, when the volume faded a bit. I assume they are different species or subspecies. There was a bit of a lull in the action for 2-3 weeks, or at least a decrease in volume. The current chorus is as loud as the late night singers at their peak, but start earlier, and begin to fade a bit by late night.

Not certain, but katydids may be just beginning to join in the nocturnal chorus.