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Rare bushcricket?s chirp as loud as a power saw

by Arushi Madan | 10-08-2013 02:41 recommendations 0

 

A researcher is detailing why a recently rediscovered species of bushcricket has an unusually loud and ultra-high frequency calling song. Ben Chivers, who is studying animal behaviour at the University of Lincoln, UK, co-authored the paper which illustrates the process in which the katydid or bushcricket Arachnoscelis arachnoides produces sound.

This bushcricket may be tiny, but males chirp as loud as a power saw to attract females.

 

Using highly calibrated microphones, researchers recorded male bushcrickets in Colombia singing at frequencies of about 74 kilohertz. The human ear can hear in a range of about 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz.

The males produce sound through "stridulation," or rubbing their wings together. One wing acts as a scraper to rub against a row of teeth-like grooves on the other wing.

(Watch a video of the bushcricket chirping.)

  

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  • Asmita Gaire says :
    Hello arushi
    I hope you are doing well
    Wow! Good piece of article
    Thank you so much for this report
    Green cheers
    Regards
    Asmita Gaire
    Posted 19-05-2020 11:14

  • says :
    Thanks for the report.
    Posted 24-12-2013 16:29

  • says :
    Thanks for sharing.
    Posted 16-12-2013 16:37

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    Thanks for sharing.
    Posted 16-12-2013 16:37

  • says :
    Thanks for sharing..!
    Posted 03-12-2013 20:45

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    Thanks for sharing..!
    Posted 03-12-2013 20:45

  • says :
    Thank you for sharing, wow!
    Posted 12-08-2013 15:19

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    thanks for your sharing
    Posted 11-08-2013 21:58

  • says :
    Thanks for sharing
    Posted 11-08-2013 03:15

  • says :
    Very loud.......... Woooow
    Posted 11-08-2013 03:15

  • says :
    Supersonic cricket! Thanks for sharing.
    Posted 10-08-2013 18:36

  • says :
    good information.
    Posted 10-08-2013 16:08

  • says :
    Thanks for sharing!
    Posted 10-08-2013 15:50

  • says :
    Wow that is loud! Thank you for sharing!
    Posted 10-08-2013 04:15

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