Recorded in a suburban yard with various grasses and bushes, some ornamental. H. saltator is the loud, single chirp or trill given at intervals of between one and two seconds.

These small, light brown crickets are not often seen, but their choruses emanate from bushes and trees at night starting in mid-August. By October, they are also heard calling by day. The pitch and pulse rate of their songs vary wildly with temperature. This area was previously at the edge of their range, but due to a combination of factors, these crickets have been moving steadily northward at least as far as Massachusetts (pers. obs.). To the south they overlap with the very closely-related H. luteolira, but songs are identifiable.

H. saltator is classified in the subgenus Orocharis along with H. diplastes, H. luteolira, H. nigrifrons, H. tricornis, etc. Some authors, such as Walker (1969), treat Orocharis as a separate genus in its own right. In the United States, all species mentioned above except H. saltator and H. luteolira occur only in Florida, but all five species are to be found in that state.