Often heard, but seldom seen nighttime critters: Brown-Kuhn. Published: Sep. 08, 2014, 9:07 a.m. Brown-Kuhn. By . ... The two main players are the katydid and the snowy tree cricket.

But male tree crickets break this rule: The pitch of their song changes with temperature. Among many male crickets, larger body size means a lower pitched song and more attention from the lady ...

Tree crickets are hot to trot for only a couple of hours each evening. Large males, who can copulate for 45 minutes at a stretch — thus increasing their chances of siring more offspring ...

For example, the tree cricket Oecanthus henryi calls at 3.6 kilohertz when it’s 81 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius) and a deeper 2.3 kHz when it’s 64 degrees F (18 degrees C) out.