The Snowy Tree Cricket is a pale, slender cricket whose melodious, regular chirping is the quintessential sound of late summer evenings. It is famously known as the 'thermometer cricket' because its chirp rate correlates precisely with air temperature — by counting chirps per 15 seconds and adding 40 one obtains a close approximation of the Fahrenheit temperature.
Best time to see a Snowy Tree Cricket
The best time to see a Snowy Tree Cricket is July–September, when about 64% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 937 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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