The Mormon cricket is not a true cricket but a shield-backed katydid.

The insects, which technically aren't crickets, are members of the katydid family and don't sting or bite.

“Even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.”

At dusk, the hum of field crickets and cicadas fades out, and the katydids take over for the night shift.

While related to modern crickets and katydids, these ancient arthropods left few direct descendants, making it difficult to decipher what these Mesozoic maestros sounded like.