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Singing Grasshoppers

Singing Grasshoppers

How do grasshoppers sing?

A more attractive feature of some grasshoppers is their ability to sing. It is the males that sing, and they do it to attract female mates, or to warn off other males.

There are two different mechanisms for singing:

In the one used by the Short-horned grasshoppers, there is a comb-like structure with a row of teeth on the inside of the hind leg, which gets rubbed against a ridge on the wing (a bit like running a stick along a fence very quickly). This produces a ‘chirp’ sound.

The other mechanism used by Crickets and Long-horned grashoppers, there is again a comb-and-ridge mechanism, however, the structures are on the left and right forewings, which rub over each other.



 

Grasshopper lazed in the summer sun,
Lazed around until summer was done,
The sun and warmth then did stop,
And Mr Grasshopper away did hop!

 

Learn More about Grasshoppers:

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