It was seen basking in the sun in my compound
SVL 420 mm.
Safari Tzavo est
My cat dragged one of these into my house in the middle of the night. The chirping was the loudest I have heard from any cricket.
This insect is as loud as a cicada at night time, especially when the males are at the entrance of their burrow calling to attract the females.
This is a very noisy burrowing cricket that is at night time as loud as a cicada. This one may be a female because I found it wandering around while the males are normally sitting at the entrance of their hole calling for the females. There was a hole in the grass nearby, but the male retreated inside when I approached.
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