When was the last time you heard a cricket in the PNW? There in lies your answer.I'm having a little trouble getting my head around not recognizing a cricket. They are all over the place in New England. Are they rarer out here?
Same here Zak. I thought the original post was a joke.I'm having a little trouble getting my head around not recognizing a cricket. They are all over the place in New England. Are they rarer out here?
Me too! I haven't seen a lightning bug since Vermont! Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've heard a cricket here.Same here Zak. I thought the original post was a joke.
I never noticed the lack of crickets here but I sure do miss the lightning bugs.
My wife had crickets in Oregon and my son heard a cricket stuck in a wall in Duvall. So that's two data points.Me too! I haven't seen a lightning bug since Vermont! Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've heard a cricket here.
Yeah that's not a regular black cricket.I'm listening to a chorus right now, even through the closed window. We always have crickets late summer here. 25 miles west of Portland. Ours look more like this though, not like the pet store crickets.
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