Why don’t female crickets chirp? – Avery, age 8, Los Angeles Insects communicate in lots of different ways, for many reasons.

When I say "cricket," what's the first thing that comes to your mind? Chirping, right? Whether you find chirping musical or annoying, cricket chirps aren't intended for us at all, but are the ...

Instead, it was very likely a stridulating device, analogous to the ridges used for sound production on the wings of modern crickets. When the insects rubbed their wings together, the raised central ...

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