- A large insect that produces a high continuous sound - Black prince, e.g. - Chirping insect - Chirpy little creature makes a tropical sound of sick ardour - Droning insect - Drumming insect - Grasshopper relative
- The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect
(Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It
belongs to the Neuroptera.
- Grasshopper - Grasshopper relative - Large green grasshopper - Noisy summer insect - A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect
(Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United
States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front
wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a
peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did,
whence the name.