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Bog Katydid

Sphagniana sphagnorum

Classification

Class
Insecta

Sphagniana sphagnorum, the bog katydid, is the only species in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera) endemic to Canada. It frequents black-spruce sphagnum bogs across the Canadian northwest from Ontario to the Yukon. The two-part song of the males is remarkable among acoustic insects for alternating between two sound spectra: high audio sound frequencies are changed for ultrasonic frequencies every quarter second (Morris 1970).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 16United States of America · 9