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bog katydid

Sphagniana sphagnorum (F. Walker 1869)

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map male male short-winged female
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long-winged female long-winged female    
10 s of calling song; male. Recording by G. K. Morris; used by permission.
9 s of calling song slowed to one-eighth speed (frequencies are reduced to 1/8 of their original values and durations are 8 times greater). Click on sound bar to hear entire recording.
Waveform of 0.6 s of calling (from recording by G. K. Morris). The song alternates between a sonic mode (extreme left and center right) and an ultrasonic mode (extreme right and center left). Peak frequency of sonic mode is ca. 16 kHz; of ultrasonic mode, ca. 32 kHz. Click on sound bar to hear graphed song. The sound you will hear lasts 4.8 s, because it is the graphed sound slowed to one-eighth speed, which lowers the peak frequencies to 2 kHz and 4 kHz. Click on waveform to expand first transition from ultrasonic to sonic mode.
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References: Morris 1970, Morris & Pipher 1972, Morris et al. 1975.
Nomenclature: OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).
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