Head of the Strange Night Grasshopper (Robust Conehead)
The last few nights I have been vexed by an extremely loud buzzing sound outside in the early evening hours, right after full dark. This buzz is EXTREMELY loud, and when I first heard it I thought it was something electrical rather than from an insect. The noise is very clearly distinct from a cicada. It also does not vary in pitch or start and stop regularly; it is constant, for minutes at a time.
Whenever I would get close, the insect would stop making the sound. Finally, just tonight, I managed to spot the thing. Its whole body was vibrating as it made the noise!
I have since learned that this is a "Robust Conehead"
Head of the Strange Night Grasshopper (Robust Conehead)
The last few nights I have been vexed by an extremely loud buzzing sound outside in the early evening hours, right after full dark. This buzz is EXTREMELY loud, and when I first heard it I thought it was something electrical rather than from an insect. The noise is very clearly distinct from a cicada. It also does not vary in pitch or start and stop regularly; it is constant, for minutes at a time.
Whenever I would get close, the insect would stop making the sound. Finally, just tonight, I managed to spot the thing. Its whole body was vibrating as it made the noise!
I have since learned that this is a "Robust Conehead"