What is it?

Chris J. Durden drdn at mail.utexas.edu
Sat Jun 19 13:13:14 EDT 1999


  We have a little dark cicada in Central Texas that sits in POVERTYWEED,
*Baccharis* along streams and clicks, often in unison. These may be heard
around the community of Click in Llano County. I have also heard and
collected them in SE Arizona. However I suspect your clicker is something
else.
.......Chris Durden

At 10:38  19/06/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>Ok, I have a question about a bug I heard today. I was just walking in
>my yard at dusk, and I heard a bug "clicking" or maybe chirping. I
>listened more closely, and I noticed that the sound came from all
>directions, hence several bugs clicking in unison, perhaps once per
>second. In fact, it was a very precise click, it was difficult to
>determine that this was more than one bug. What type of bug is this? I
>find it odd that I have never heard this before. By the way, I live near
>Minneapolis, and it is about 65F. A reply to poster would be best.
>Thanks!
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