# What is this sound?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sound/765157>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sound/765157 "2016-09-06T00:43:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sound/765157/1 "2016-09-06T00:43:32Z")

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Heard at night in eastern PA and also upstate NY.

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4mdgtm6efh4yi5/Crickets.m4a?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4mdgtm6efh4yi5/Crickets.m4a?dl=0)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sound/765157/2 "2016-09-06T03:10:47Z")

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The name of the file is “Crickets.m4a”. It sounds like Crickets to me.

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**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sound/765157/3 "2016-09-06T15:23:51Z")

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Just got a tip from a friend that it’s a katydid

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**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sound/765157/4 "2016-09-06T16:43:18Z")

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> [@JWT\_Kottekoe](#):
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> The name of the file is “Crickets.m4a”. It sounds like Crickets to me.

Is anybody else reminded of the name-this-cricket episode of BBT?

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**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sound/765157/5 "2016-09-06T16:56:15Z")

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[Cicadas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mah26og11ms), common in Autumn and September throughout Pennsylvania.