“Grasshopper singing loudly”

In September, I visited the fields where the crickets and grasshoppers live at night. When I got out of the car, I heard lots of the sound in the grass and rice fields along the railway. There were grasshoppers singing loudly over the sound of the running railway. They are only found here on the Pen. When I shone the light on him, he stopped singing and remained still for a while before leaping away into the grass on strong legs. [September 2024]

Mecopoda elongata

タイワンクツワムシは、海に近い暖かい地域に局地的に住んでおり、かつては愛知が生息地の北限とされていました。ジャッ、ジャッ、ジャッと短く切れる音で鳴き始め、ジャカジャカジャカ……と大きな音でにぎやかに鳴きます。