True or false katydids?
Cricket Crawl, the citywide census of crickets and katydids to take place on 9/11/09 -- a week from tomorrow-- has one primary quest: to discover if there are any singing True Katydids left in New York City. People say that the species has been extirpated, and that True Katydids only sing in areas with few if any people. Below are two species of singing Katydids:


Click below [on the very long link] to hear the song of the True Katydid.
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But here is a burning question-- for me, at any rate. Which of these is singing every night in Riverside Park right outside my window? I have taken steps to get an answer! Stay tuned.
PS There don't seem to be long pauses between the phrases of the singers outside my window!
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