Davis County Clipper | 1980-11-25 | Page 38 | Know the Weather

Know Th Have you ever noticed the effect ot temperature on animals anim-als and insects outside your house? Certain patterns are followed faithfully by these creatures. BIRDS, OF couise. start south when the temperature begins to drop. How they know just when to leave is a good question, and whether they know a winter will be severe se-vere or mild one cannot say. There are many who think they do. Other creatures follow a definite de-finite pattern. Bees, for exam- pie, are vicious at less than 50 degrees and ants will stay home at a slightly higher temperature. tem-perature. The calls of the Katydid can be translated into a temperature reading, depending de-pending upon the length of the call. IT'S BELIEVED the black field cricket's chirp will give you a tempe.ature reading and some wear by this formula. formu-la. At 70 degrees the cricket chirps 129 times a minute and the number of chirps decreases as the temperature drops.