18 s of calling song, holotype from Alpine, San Diego County, Calif., 25.0°C. Dominant frequency 4.0 kHz. D. B. Weissman, recording no. 97-18; used by permission. Click on sound bar to hear entire recording.
This spectrogram is a 3 s excerpt of the 18 s audio file accessible above. The excerpt begins at 3 s.
Spectrogram showing first two chirps of 5 s sample above; chirps are slowed to one-eighth speed.
34 s of calling, from Pima County, Ariz., 25.4°C. Dominant frequency 4.5 kHz. Recording by D.B. Weissman (S15-108, R15-325); used by permission.
This spectrogram is a 10 s excerpt of the 34 s audio file accessible immediately above. The excerpt begins at 15 s.
Spectrogram showing first 4 chirps of 10 s sample above.
Song:
Weissman and Gray (2019) described the song as loud, with 11–17 pulses per chirp and usually <2 chirps per second.
Identification:
A key to the adult males of native US Gryllus is in Weissman and Gray (2019).
