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We walked into the night, into the blurring song of katydids, the thud-splat of raindrops on the umbrella, all those terrible rhythms that take up inside when you let your guard down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Of course it’s true. What’s so peculiar about that? You ought to see where my cousins the crickets and the katydids keep theirs.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
As we sat listening to the katydids, singing loud as they came out into the wetness, the moon lit up a layer of fog below us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
There was not a peep to be heard but katydid noises outside in the deep, black night. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The scratchy chirp of katydids filled the evening air. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
Over the purr of the motor we heard a wind pump squeaking as it turned and a calf bawling and the katydids starting up in a grove of walnut trees. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Some nights, she will perform alongside the katydids in the rainforest. Scientist tunes in to katydids at Smithsonian site in Panamanian rainforest 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z
To study their songs, Martinson puts a katydid in a recording studio, which is a mesh box with a miniature microphone. Scientist tunes in to katydids at Smithsonian site in Panamanian rainforest 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z
I am surrounded by animals — not tourists, whose voices are happily missing from the symphony of sawing katydids, chirping frogs and singing birds. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z
“We think of tropical rainforests as beautiful, but if you’re a katydid, it’s a terribly frightening place, because you are so delicious,” said Martinson. Scientist tunes in to katydids at Smithsonian site in Panamanian rainforest 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z
At dusk, the hum of field crickets and cicadas fades out, and the katydids take over for the night shift. Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z
When the sky turns dark over the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the howler monkeys become silent, the katydids start singing and dancing. Scientist tunes in to katydids at Smithsonian site in Panamanian rainforest 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z
The Mormon cricket is not a true cricket but a shield-backed katydid. Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town, residents fight back with brooms, leaf blowers, snow plows 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z
The insects, which technically aren't crickets, are members of the katydid family and don't sting or bite. Millions of Mormon crickets invade Nevada town 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z
“Even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” Which Creature Was the First to Take a Nap? 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z
While related to modern crickets and katydids, these ancient arthropods left few direct descendants, making it difficult to decipher what these Mesozoic maestros sounded like. Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z
The insects, which are not true crickets but shield-backed katydids, are flightless. ‘Biblical’ insect swarms spur Oregon push to fight pests 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z
Even worse, the larger bats are known to feast on small animals, such as frogs, katydids and smaller bats — including Seba’s short-tailed bats. Shriek! Slap! Pow! The Small Bat Wins. 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z
Locusts are insects in the order Orthoptera, which also includes katydids and crickets. Perspective | Five myths about Brood X cicadas 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z
This allows their brains to assemble dynamic images of the size, shape, distance and motion of the zigzagging moths and plummeting katydids that are their prey. Opinion | The Virus, the Bats and Us 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z
To generate chirps, crickets and katydids rub their forewings together, scraping a toothy vein against a smooth counterpart on the other wing, similar to a spoon raking a washboard. Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z
Sporting camouflage accessories, including lichen-like encrustations and moss‑like crinkled antennae, a male katydid poses on a twig that matches his ensemble perfectly. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z
I went out into the summer night and started the long walk uphill, listening to the crickets and katydids, pulling anxiously on my braids. My Childhood in a Cult 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z
“We use it for katydid, which takes a bite out of the fruit when it’s in the flower form,” Mr. Johnston said, referring to a pest that looks like a grasshopper. President Trump’s Retreat on the Environment Is Affecting Communities Across America 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z
The renown of this katydid rests not on its looks, though, but on its hearing. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
They then ran the models through a bevy of sonic tests to recreate the sound and compared the wing shape with those of modern singing relatives, like katydids, to refine the song’s structure. Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z
Most katydid species are expertly camouflaged among vegetation to avoid the multitude of predators, and many of them have yet to be identified. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z
“Such shelters are scarce, and it's likely that both the katydids and cockroaches require them for protection against the intense daytime heat and predators,” says Beccaloni. 7 New Giant Bug Species Are Extremely Aggressive 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z
The 3-inch-long Mormon crickets are actually katydids, an entomological cousin to grasshoppers. Insect attack! US West is battling crop-killing swarms 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z
The star of this study is Phlugis poecila, a “crystal” katydid named for its transparent outer cuticle, a feature that allows the team to record and measure processes as they happen. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Most live for just a few months, and even the most pampered katydid will be silenced by the first autumn frost. The Song in the Heart of Many Chinese Comes From Insects 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z
To find a female for procreation, a male needs to call her in, but to avoid detection by daytime predators, this katydid sings at night. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z
Seven new species of katydids are among the largest and bulkiest insects in the world, a new study says. 7 New Giant Bug Species Are Extremely Aggressive 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z
He had previously studied communication signals of crickets and katydids. The alluring firefly: nature's lightning bug may hold key to medical breakthroughs 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z
And what of the katydids, possessors of the most ancient ears of all? Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
And, of course, summer’s most vocal nighttime noisemakers are not cicadas but crickets, katydids and treefrogs. Loud cicadas result in Arkansans calling 911 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z
But as typical weather in the Andes can involve prolonged cloud cover and frequent rain, the equatorial advantages are offset by the inevitable drop in night-time temperatures, which quickly cool a katydid’s ardour. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z
Perhaps you have seen a stick insect sitting on a stick, or a leaf-shaped katydid hanging from a branch—but probably you have not, so well do they blend in. A Beginner’s Guide to Invisibility 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z
In the new study, researchers recorded and analyzed the choral performances of 18 different groups of four male katydids. Why katydids sing in unison 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z
Modern katydids use their ears both in communication and as bat detectors. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Amongst them are grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, moths, beetles, flies, bees, ants, cicadas, katydids, weevils, stink bugs and cockroaches. The Next New Miracle Superfood: Insects, Scientists Say 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z
This Malaysian leaf katydid is one of 100 housed at the zoo. Chester Zoo animal count takes place 2014-01-03T20:30:08Z
The same apparently is true of pink katydids, although very little scientific data exist. In North American Katydids, Green isn't the Dominant Colour, Pink is 2013-08-14T02:15:05.927Z
Moreover, the females preferred these lead singers to katydids that were singing alone—but the increased volume of the chorus didn’t seem to draw more females to the group as a whole. Why katydids sing in unison 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z
The ears’ initial function was to enable katydids to hear one another, and later on, the thinking goes, those ears were co-opted to serve as bat detectors. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Crickets and katydids, for example, rub their legs to create their characteristic chirps. The Secret of the Cicada's Chirp 2013-06-04T21:45:00Z
Actually, it’s not an order but a genus of some crickets related to grasshoppers and katydids. Rub A Dub Dub, Is It Time To Eat Grubs? 2013-06-04T13:45:00.157Z
Further research and experimentation should provide new possible explanations for the colour variability within this species of katydid.” In North American Katydids, Green isn't the Dominant Colour, Pink is 2013-08-14T02:15:05.927Z
When a group of male katydids croon a tune in nearly perfect synchrony, it means the insects are after the ladies. Why katydids sing in unison 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z
But there’s another way of getting at hearing: from the detailed anatomy of the sound-producing file-and-scraper apparatus on fossilized katydid wings. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Like crickets and katydids, they can stridulate by rubbing its body parts together to attract a mate or ward off potential predators. New Insect Discoveries: Forcepfly With Terrifying Genital Pincers and Tinkerbella, the Minute Fairyfly 2013-04-26T16:15:05.027Z
No one does buzz better than a cloud of singing katydids of crickets. Why Insects Sing? A Conversation with David Rothenberg 2013-04-16T04:31:37Z
For the first time, pink katydids were recognised as genetic ‘mutants’ in the scientific literature, and Wheeler compared the condition to albinism. In North American Katydids, Green isn't the Dominant Colour, Pink is 2013-08-14T02:15:05.927Z
These katydids communicate in ultrasound, a range too high for most ears in the animal world—and therefore most potential predators. Bug-Eared: Human and Insect Ears Share Similar Structures 2012-11-19T17:15:05.337Z
What made that possible was the discovery of a Chinese fossil katydid with almost perfectly preserved wings. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Before this study, he says, scientists were "clueless" about how insects like katydids accomplished that task. Rainforest Insects Hear Like Humans 2012-11-15T23:12:14Z
But having been squirted more than once I now understand – a quick squirt startles the predator, which gives the katydid time to arch its back and fully expose its sharp spines.” Kids' Science Books for Stormy Weather 2012-11-05T19:46:43.777Z
It made sense, seeing how rare pink, yellow and orange katydids are in the wild. In North American Katydids, Green isn't the Dominant Colour, Pink is 2013-08-14T02:15:05.927Z
A 40 micron-long section of cells is all that is necessary to hear fellow katydids, which sing at around 23 kilohertz. Bug-Eared: Human and Insect Ears Share Similar Structures 2012-11-19T17:15:05.337Z
That fits nicely with the story that katydids first evolved hearing to communicate. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Deep in the South American rainforest, katydids perk up their tiny ears to listen for the clicking of bats. Rainforest Insects Hear Like Humans 2012-11-15T23:12:14Z
The katydids and locusts are abundant on low shrubs or trees and in pasture and meadow land, but are most numerous in the somewhat dry, arid regions of the West. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z
So assuming that green is the recessive trait of oblong-winged katydids, are how is it that North America is littered when greens, not the candy-coloured pinks or yellows or oranges? In North American Katydids, Green isn't the Dominant Colour, Pink is 2013-08-14T02:15:05.927Z
Although katydids are the only insects with this kind of ear, Hoy says he would be surprised if scientists didn't find other examples. Bug-Eared: Human and Insect Ears Share Similar Structures 2012-11-19T17:15:05.337Z
Song from the distant past: By analyzing the file-and-scraper apparatus on a fossilized katydid’s wings, scientists reconstructed the call of a katydid from Jurassic times—165 million years ago. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Thin and strident, it stabbed the stillness like the rasping shrill of a katydid. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z
Locusts, crickets and katydids sought to outdo each other. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z
Combined with their leaf-like body shape, the green katydids are particularly well camouflaged in their environment, while the bright yellow/orange morph is less so. In North American Katydids, Green isn't the Dominant Colour, Pink is 2013-08-14T02:15:05.927Z
The primates dine exclusively on small insects such as moths and katydids, which also frequently communicate in ultrahigh frequencies. Tarsiers Communicate in Secret Speech 2012-02-08T00:02:00Z
It seems that some ancient katydids were using ultrasound long before bats existed, says Montealegre-Z. Awesome Ears: The Weird World of Insect Hearing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Credit: Jurassic katydids sang in a deeper register than their modern-day kin, a new study suggests. ScienceShot: Night Songs of the Jurassic 2012-02-06T20:00:00Z
An uncharacteristically dainty cricket streaked with colors so vibrant scientists named it “Crayola” katydid. Cowboy Frogs and Crayola Crickets: 46 New Species Found in Suriname 2012-01-28T07:35:24Z
They bloom before the katydids begin and survive the first frost. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z
In the woods, the cicadas and katydids buzzed. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: Yellows Enter the Forest's Palette 2011-09-30T16:11:15Z
And the insects' gossip thin, From the summer hotness hid, In the leafy shadows green, Then at eve the katydid With its hard, unvaried din. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z
The shrill katydids dropped into silence; lizards, snakes, iguanas, loathsome beasts of obscurity rustled off in panic. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z
Above the katydid's strident cry and the piper's incessant notes, a wild tremulous whinny shivers through the gloom at intervals, now from a distant field or wood, now from the near orchard. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z
And the insects' gossip thin— From the summer hotness hid— In lone, leafy deeps of green; Then at eve the katydid With its hard, unvaried din. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z
A katydid was crying somewhere over his head and a whip-poor-will broke the stillness with his weird call that seemed to rise from the ground under his feet. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z
Though I heard that the true katydid would be the best species to jam along with live. Dot Earth: Sax and Cicadas ? An Interspecies Jam 2011-06-17T17:01:45Z
At all events, I heard no music except the hoarse and solemn asseverations of the katydids, the gentler message of the crickets, and in the distance an occasional roll-call of the grouse. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z
If you're lucky you might spot this Peacock katydid in the rainforest. PICTURES: Bizarre animals nearing extinction 2011-04-13T11:19:55Z
Now, scientists suspect that more than 200,000 insect and arachnid species use seismic communication systems, including crickets, katydids, spiders, and scorpions. Stealth percussionists of the animal world 2011-03-22T16:15:00.347Z
The chirp of crickets, the song of katydids and the flash of fireflies became the martial music and the flaming torches of triumphant hosts he saw marching to certain victory. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z
The wheels still sounded assertively on the air; the katydids' iteration rose in vibrant insistence; the long, vague, pervasive sighing of the woods added to the night its deep melancholy. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z
Presently it was answered from a neighbouring island by a katydid. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z
Season after season I have watched the butterflies By millions come and go And katydids each year have sung The song monotonous and passed away. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z
There were not so many idle people here, to be awakened from their noon-tide slumbers, by the katydid, as in Fort de France. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z
The scientists discovered several new katydids, including one that jabs predators with its unusually big and spiny legs. Scientists see new bugs, frogs in Papua New Guinea 2010-10-07T11:01:00Z
A long pause ensued; the stars were faint and few; the iterative note of the katydid vibrated monotonously in the dark woods; dew was falling; the wind stirred. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z
Outside the katydids sang their prophecies of frost 285 to come and an owl hooted. The Law of Hemlock Mountain
Even the birds are quieter, and the crickets and the katydids less boisterous. The Jonathan Papers
The call consists of a series of short, high notes, somewhat reminiscent of a katydid's song. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
The katydids and tree-frogs took charge of the conversation for us. A Top-Floor Idyl
There was no response save the echoes, and the vibrant iteration of the katydid. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z
He twisted and squirmed from one side of the bed to the other, listening to the solemn protests of the katydids and the shrill chirping of the crickets. Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895
But Dilly Bal knows nothing of the katydids; he has his own duties to perform, and his own affairs to attend to; and these, as you will presently see, are very pressing. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction
But Checkers lay wide-eyed and wondering, listening to the locusts and katydids outdoing themselves in the trees outside. Checkers A Hard-luck Story
For an hour I read a magazine; the katydids were still clamoring softly and, in the distance, in the direction of the lake, I heard the plaintive notes of whippoorwills. A Top-Floor Idyl
A thousand crickets and katydids were chirping in the grass. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas
The locust and the katydid turned away shivering. Two Indian Children of Long Ago
Through the windows came the voices of the cheerful katydids and the shrill tree-toads. The Deaves Affair
O vague confederate of the whippoorwill, Of owl and cricket and the katydid! Weeds by the Wall Verses
The woods were already echoing with soft night noises, frogs croaked; the clicking notes of the katydids mingled with the whining of the wind through the boughs overhead. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John
The same sort of activity has resulted in the peculiar green color of the katydid. The Meaning of Evolution
And White Cloud listened to the tale of the lazy katydid and the hard-working ant while the canoe moved slowly across the quiet lake. Two Indian Children of Long Ago
No sound came from the far-off nut trees; the crickets and grasshoppers and katydids alone broke the stillness of the unused farm. Say and Seal, Volume I
Through the open door the buzz of the katydids was beginning tentatively. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906.
The grasshopper, the katydid and the cricket, to give them their common names, each have a song of their own. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam
The katydid least leaflike in appearance was eaten first. The Meaning of Evolution
All summer the katydid called from the trees, and the locust danced and buzzed in the sunshine. Two Indian Children of Long Ago
And he did not scorn a large, green katydid when he chanced to find one. The Tale of Jolly Robin
Night had come, and with it the insistent chorus of tree-toad and katydid, interspersed with the song of the vesper sparrow. Seven Miles to Arden
He’s got a pair of shoulders on him like a drink of water, and his legs look like the runnin’-gears of a katydid.” 'Me--Smith'
Even among creatures far more active than the toad and the katydid an inconspicuous color must certainly result in distinctly better protection. The Meaning of Evolution
Like their cousins, the water-sprites, or undines, they were roguish and shrewd, but had no higher views of life than our katydids and crickets. Fairy Book
For a moment there was only the noise of the katydids, backgrounded and enfolded by the deep silence of the great mountains. Judith of the Cumberlands
The katydid, so annoying to some in its persistent ditty, so full of reminiscences to others of us, is a large, green, fiddling grasshopper. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year
They climbed the stile into a field where the aftermath of the clover crop was richly green and vibrating with the song of cricket and katydid. Still Jim
The crickets produce their sharp notes in much the same fashion as the katydids. The Meaning of Evolution
The peeps and crickets and katydids were out in force. A Little Girl in Old New York
Only Joe wept—wept to think his children would be katydids. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills
The katydids seemed to beat their wings upon her brain, and all the noises of the night, far and near, came to her strained senses, as if her silent chamber were a whispering gallery. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)
The moon was at its full, and while the crickets and the katydids sang in unison, the hills dreamed in the misty distance like vast, peaceful, patient, crouching animals. A Daughter of the Middle Border
There is a peculiar notion that the female katydid, when thus accused of some offense, replies "katy didn't." The Meaning of Evolution
The katydids told you there would be frost in six weeks. A Little Girl in Old New York
And she does not know to this day, what saved her from being changed into a rabbit, a katydid, or something worse, by the chief of the Little People. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
This is much nicer than the barn; and the katydids are better fiddlers than old Darby and his son. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)
The "yelping" of the robins, the "drone" of the katydids, the "eternal twitter" of the sparrows infuriated him. A Daughter of the Middle Border
The truth of the matter is that no female katydid ever replied to the accusations of her lover, if accusation it be. The Meaning of Evolution
O Grandmother Grundy, Now what would you say If the katydids carried Your glasses away— Carried them off To the top of the sky And used them to watch The eclipses go by? The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes
"Let me see," said her mother, "perhaps it will be about the little creatures—grasshoppers and katydids, butterflies and bees." Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
Dead silence, while the katydids seemed to keep time to their heart-beats; the fiddles began tuning for another reel, and the horses tethered near stretched out their necks with low inquiring whinneys. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)
The minstrels invariably were the cricket, the flea, the katydid, and the gnat, while the orchestra consisted of mosquitos, bumblebees, and wasps. The Holy Cross and Other Tales
Hence there is little difficulty on the part of the young katydids in finding an abundance of food. The Meaning of Evolution
He found a toad and a katydid, And a little girl came whose name was Clare. Under the Tree
There would be no katydids singing all night, no clacking of the locusts in the tall grass along dusty roads, no drowsy hum of bees. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
The butterflies and dragon-flies had all gone to bed, and now the great night-bugs and buzzing beetles were out; the katydids were chirping in the trees, and the frogs were croaking among the long reeds. Ting-a-ling
It was delicious going to bed in that curious place, with the stars shining in and the katydids singing. Short Stories of Various Types
The katydid, for instance, must die with the approach of fall. The Meaning of Evolution
A katydid has been very friendly with me to-night, and is now sitting on the paper as if to read what I have written. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
They couldn't find the katydid in any place, and they had looked everywhere. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
The night was still, save for a late katydid, spared by the frost, and piping shrilly. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories
I heard the katydid sing, and the whip-poor-will, and the deep basso-profundo of the bullfrog on the bank of the pond. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
Accordingly, the katydid lays its shield-shaped eggs in a double row near the end of a young twig. The Meaning of Evolution
The katydids are piping away on the old, old story. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
The children trooped into the cabin after him, crowding to look at the katydid. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
“You mean, listen to the absence of katydids.” More Jonathan Papers
The katydid led off with a trombone solo; the cricket chimed in with his E. flat cornet; the bumblebee played on his violoncello, and the jay-bird, laughed with his piccolo. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
By the time the leaves have grown tougher, the katydid's jaws are stronger, and the leaves will still serve as food. The Meaning of Evolution
I never appreciated it fully until I came into the country of the katydids. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
Woe to the katydid if it were anything but this bright green! Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
The katydids were singing, and the shrill, sad chirp of the crickets welcomed the cool shades. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
Chirping of katydids came to an end, and chattering of swallows and songs of robins. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
As a result those katydids whose wings were most like leaves in form were least likely to be picked up by the passing bird. The Meaning of Evolution
The drowsy chirp of crickets, and shrill voices of katydids in the lush grass near by, told of the summer night. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain
"Do the birds eat katydids?" asked the children, in surprise. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
Then, there is silence over the valley, except for the chorus of katydids and the whistle of the gray owl to his mate in the woods. Sergeant York And His People
But the stillness of the midsummer night had settled again, except for the voices of the whippoorwill and the katydid. A Pagan of the Hills
The katydid has materially assisted in its own preservation by being active chiefly at night. The Meaning of Evolution
The air was full of the scent of the honeysuckle, and the katydids were contradicting each other in the trees. A Sweet Little Maid
"But, first, where do you suppose the crickets and katydids have their ears?" Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
No, the little lady katydid cannot sing—only the little male, and he keeps it up all night long. The Insect Folk
Through the timbered slopes came the soft cadences of the night's minstrels—the voices of frogs and katydids and the plaintive call of the whippoorwills. A Pagan of the Hills
This is particularly noticeable among the group of straight-winged insects to which the grasshopper, katydid and cricket belong. The Meaning of Evolution
In a few minutes every living creature in and about the place was fast asleep, excepting some tree-frogs and katydids outside, who seemed to have made up their minds to stay up all night. What Might Have Been Expected
Once another man saw a row of katydid eggs laid as neatly as could be on the edge of a clean linen collar. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
The katydids generally live on trees and bushes. The Insect Folk
Late in July it began with the short rasps and screeches of tiny hoppers flitting in the grass; the katydid began to tune up on the evening of July 29. Some Summer Days in Iowa
To H. F. H. The typewriter ticketh no more in the twilight; The mother of poets is sitting alone; Only the katydid teases the noonday; Where are the good-for-naught wanderbirds flown? More Songs From Vagabondia
The dusk was deepening fast; the katydids called back and forth from the wayside bushes. Evelina's Garden
You draw your hat over your eyes, as you walk toward the familiar door: the yard is silent; the night is falling gloomily; a few katydids are crying in the trees. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons
It is not easy to find a katydid among the green leaves. The Insect Folk
Little is heard save the occasional note of the whip-poor-will and the constant reminder from the katydid that it is not far to frost. Some Summer Days in Iowa
Summer, tan-colored, musical with note of katydid and cicada, and the constant purr of the south wind, was upon the prairie country. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman
Her eyes seemed fixed on a fringe of wood across the track in which some katydids were calling, late as it was. By the Light of the Soul A Novel
The katydids began their endless quarrel in the trees. Ole Mammy's Torment
Yes, Mollie, the katydid walks more than the grasshopper. The Insect Folk
A fortnight hence the air will be vibrant with the calls of the katydids and the grasshoppers, but now the silence is supreme. Some Summer Days in Iowa
The cow seemed to lead along easily enough, and pretty soon no more noises could be heard in camp except the chirping of the crickets or the songs of the katydids and katydidn'ts. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods
A whippoorwill was singing somewhere out there, and the katydids shrieked so high that they almost surmounted dreams. By the Light of the Soul A Novel
Bookity book! growing fainter and fainter, until at last they were drowned by the voices of the noisy katydids. Ole Mammy's Torment
They look too delicate for use, and yet the katydid flies very well indeed with them. The Insect Folk
Crickets and katydids droned and fiddled all night, and when the katydids quit at daybreak, other grasshoppers and cicadas were ready to take their places in the screechy orchestra. Some Summer Days in Iowa
But, though the children and Tom looked all over, they could not find a katydid until Mr. Brown helped them. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While
The first katydid of the season has whipped out his bow and drawn the preparatory note across the strings of his violin. A String of Amber Beads
He had had more to eat than usual; for he had been very busy catching locusts and katydids—and frogs, too. The Tale of Solomon Owl
When the katydid is at rest you can see the tips of the wings extending beyond the ends of the wing covers. The Insect Folk
At the hour of sunset the cicada winds his rattle most joyously, subsiding into silence as darkness comes and making way for the katydid. Some Summer Days in Iowa
"He doesn't like the song of the katydids." Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While
And faintly now The katydid upon the shadowy bough. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses
It was not so late in the season that the call of the whippoorwill might not be heard, and there were odd notes of tree-toads and katydids from the branches. A Man and a Woman
It is with these teeth the little katydid is able to rasp the surface of the twigs, and make a place to fasten her eggs to. The Insect Folk
Now the cicada, forgetting to give his winding salute at sundown, has almost dropped out of the insect orchestra and the katydid, too, is heard less often. Some Summer Days in Iowa
The katydid cries, or sings, mostly at night. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While
The wind sighed mournfully in the cypresses, the belated crickets and katydids droned in the hedge, but no sweet voice of sympathy soothed Margie's strained ear. The Fatal Glove
Sometimes I keep From going to sleep, To hear the katydids "cheep-cheep!" The Book of Joyous Children
Now, my little katydid, you may fly away if you want to. The Insect Folk
It was mid-August, and the air floating in through an open door was ladened with the richness of ultra-luxuriant vegetation, the persistent, metallic whirring of locusts, the mechanical repetition of katydids. The Three Black Pennys A Novel
The leaves are falling, the rooks are calling, the crickets are crawling, and the katydids are—well, squalling. Homes and How to Make Them
Now and then a katydid would lift its tiny voice for a few seconds. Buffalo Roost
And think they say Their prayers that way; But katydids don't have to pray! The Book of Joyous Children
Now for those fellows with the long hind legs, the locusts and katydids and crickets. The Insect Folk
But that evening my ears caught a note of sadness in the voice of the katydids, and memory began to play its part with me. The Light in the Clearing
Before he knew it, he was listening to the frogs and katydids, and wondering what they were talking about. Sandy
The katydids gathered in the sweet rose-bushes about me and sung mournfully. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described
It's a song that soars and sings, As the birds that twang their wings Or the katydids and things Thus and so, don't you know, An a-ho-winky-tooden-an-a-ho! The Book of Joyous Children
May wants to know what has become of the katydids and the cricket-like grasshoppers—she thinks Ned has left them out. The Insect Folk
Crickets and katydids and little green tree-frogs kept up a harsh concert. The Purple Heights
The music of the katydids had lost its power to soothe his troubled breast and bring him sweet repose. The Deacon of Dobbinsville A Story Based on Actual Happenings
For the night was still, despite the squeaking of katydids and the distant peep of frogs. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910
"How very curious!" exclaimed the children, and the katydid was examined with still greater interest before it was released to rejoin its companions on the sycamore. The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace
Yes, Mollie, it is the same with the crickets and katydids. The Insect Folk
The indifferent swamp chorus joined in, katydids and crickets shrilling all the while. The Purple Heights
The crickets and katydids had commenced their chorus and the tree-toads their long rhythm. Stories by American Authors, Volume 1
The tree-toads soon join them; but one listens in vain for bullfrogs, or katydids, or grasshoppers, or whippoorwills, or crickets: we must wait for them until the delicious June. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861
"The voice of the tree-toad is very loud for so small a creature, but the katydid has really no voice at all." The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace
To dream of hearing katydids, is a prognostic of misfortune and unusual dependence on others. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
Striking sparks with his iron shoes; silencing the katydids. Men, Women and Ghosts
Sounds so strange to hear—those—those—" "Crickets," Harry told him, "and tree toads and katydids. The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
The katydids were clamoring drowsily in the tops of the sycamores. The Cost
A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air. Pee-Wee Harris
In the mossy passes,   Saucy grasshoppers Leapt about the grasses   And the thistle-burs; And the whispered chuckle   Of the katydid Shook the honeysuckle   Blossoms where he hid. Riley Child-Rhymes
If but the ticking clock would only strike And for an instant drown the whispering, Lisping, sifting sound the katydids Made outside in the grassy nowhere. A Child-World
All around in the trees and shrubbery the katydids were rasping away in immelodious statement and denial of the ancient accusation. Southern Lights and Shadows
But the katydid—how shall I describe its piquant utterances? Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy
The katydids seemed to beat their wings upon her brain, and all the noises of the night, far and near, came to her strained senses as if her silent chamber were a whispering gallery. In Exile and Other Stories
The fireflies on the Virginia hills were blinking in the dark places beneath the trees and a katydid was singing in the rosebush beside the portico at Arlington. The Man in Gray
But that particular insect, seemingly the creature of a day, proved to be immortal, for it was the katydid, whose voice is perennial:   "Thou sayest an undisputed thing    In such a solemn way." Literary and Social Essays
Then he said he knew how he could get away from the society of worms and crickets and katydids he hated, and all the deafening noises they made to drive him crazy. The Cheerful Cricket and Others
I rode through a piece of woods for a hundred rods the other evening, and heard the katydids by myriads—very curious for once; but I like better my single neighbor on the tree. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy
This is much nicer than the barn, and the katydids are better fiddlers than old Darby and his son. In Exile and Other Stories
But the crickets, and the katydids, the scampering mice, and the big-eyed owls, and the little stars, snapping their tiny fingers of light up in the sky, and Marmaduke—they were awake. Seven O'Clock Stories
The lines to the katydid, with "L'Inconnue"— "Is thy name Mary, maiden fair?"— published in the magazine at about the same time, disclose Holmes's natural melody and his fine instinct for literary form. Literary and Social Essays
From woods no glimmer enters in, Above the streams that, wandering, win To where the wood pool bids, Those haunters of the dusk begin,—   The katydids. Poems
The katydids were prophesying with strident music the six weeks' warning of frost. The Call of the Cumberlands
Dead silence, while the katydids seemed to keep time to their heart-beats; the fiddles began tuning for another reel, and the horses, tethered near, stretched out their necks with low, inquiring whinnies. In Exile and Other Stories
In the tall grasses which rose like a miniature forest around his head, green katydids jumped, as spry as monkeys. Half-Past Seven Stories
How the nocturnal insects, the tree-crickets and katydids, fail as the heat fails! The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
O vague confederate of the whippoorwill,   Of owl and cricket and the katydid! Poems
It will not be long now before we shall hear the noisy street cars again, instead of the katydids and whippoorwills. A Hive of Busy Bees
Or the thigh of a katydid will do. Chantecler Play in Four Acts
Swift butterflies glance by, moths flutter, flies buzz, grasshoppers and katydids pipe their shrill notes, sharp as the edges of the sunbeams. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858
What a gentle, unobtrusive background it forms for the sharp, reedy notes of the katydids! The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
It was a beautiful and calm evening, the solemn stillness of which, was only broken by the 'tza! tza!' of thousands of katydids among the bushes. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod
But what I liked best was to sit out on the porch in the evenings, and listen to the katydids and whippoorwills, and watch the stars come out one by one. A Hive of Busy Bees
The sound of the flying night-jars died away, and the chorus of crickets and katydids began as the dusk settled down. The Law of the Land
From every tree and shrub the katydids contradicted one another with increasing emphasis, as if conscious that the time was at hand when the last word must be spoken. Nature's Serial Story
Yop, I'm your little katydid;   Just listen to my chirp of woe; And now I've made my little bid—   You get it? Tobogganing on Parnassus
"The frogs and katydids don't keep me awake." Quill's Window
That evening, Grandpa and Grandma and the children sat on the porch, listening to the chirp of the katydids and the call of the whippoorwills. A Hive of Busy Bees
After a moment of silence, intensified by the mournful squawk of night-birds and the chorus of katydids, Sprouse whispered: "Did you hear that?" Green Fancy
Now in the sultry garden close I hear the katydid Strumming his foolish mandolin. The Five Books of Youth
High from the tree- trunks came the high vibrant whir of toads, the calls of katydids were echoing through forest aisles, and from the ground crickets chirped modestly upward. The Heart of the Hills
I long had wanted a katydid for an illustration. Moths of the Limberlost
I The air falls chill; The whippoorwill Pipes lonesomely behind the hill: The dusk grows dense, The silence tense; And lo, the katydids commence. Riley Farm-Rhymes
An Italian will cook and eat anything he can kill that has wings on it, from a cassowary to a katydid. Europe Revised
The chant of the katydids had become a chorus, and the hush of darkness was settling over the steady flow of water and the low drone of the millstones. The Last Stetson
The katydids and an occasional cricket were the only sounds Rob could hear as he stood beside his team and strained his ear to listen. Main-Travelled Roads
A tumultuous choir of invisible katydids was reciting an interminable poem on an unpoetic subject that had something to do with Miss Tevkin. The Rise of David Levinsky
"You out-of-town chaps will be the people, with your katydids and moonlight and long drinks and things out on the front porch." Whirligigs
In an instant Robert had secured a horrid katydid in his fingers and bore down upon her. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
It was now a soft steady vibration, the incessant drone and throb of locust and cricket, and sometimes the sudden rasp, dry and hard, of katydids. Where the Blue Begins
The dust fell, a dog barked down the road and the katydids sang to the liquid contralto of the river in its shallows. Main-Travelled Roads
The air was even richer in aroma than it had been in the morning, but its breath seemed to be part of the uncanny stridulation of the katydids. The Rise of David Levinsky
They went outdoors again, where the crickets and katydids were chirping in the grass, and the drowsy twitter of birds came from the maples above. Lavender and Old Lace
The katydids sang a rhythmic song of welcome to him. Main-Travelled Roads
Thereafter he lay hearing the robins laugh and the orioles whistle, and then the frogs and katydids at night. Main-Travelled Roads
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