Listen to the Chlorobalius
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About the Chlorobalius
The Chlorobalius is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the Chlorobalius sound like?
Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
From Wikipedia
Chlorobalius is a monotypic genus of Australian bush crickets (katydids) in the tribe Terpandrini containing the single species Chlorobalius leucoviridis, sometimes known as the spotted predatory katydid. C. leucoviridis is a predator and is an acoustic aggressive mimic of cicadas; by imitating the sounds and movements made by female cicadas, it lures male cicadas to within its reach and then eats them.
More from the family Tettigoniidae
Great green bush-cricket
Tettigonia viridissima
Wart-biter
Decticus verrucivorus
Upland green bush-cricket
Tettigonia cantans
Sickle-bearing bush-cricket
Phaneroptera falcata
Dark bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Short-winged cone-head
Conocephalus dorsalis
Roesel's bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii
Oak bush cricket
Meconema thalassinum
Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket
Baetica ustulata
Speckled bush-cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
Bog bush-cricket
Metrioptera brachyptera
Long-winged conehead
Conocephalus fuscus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Chlorobalius sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Chlorobalius on this page. Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
What family does the Chlorobalius belong to?
The Chlorobalius (Chlorobalius leucoviridis) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- Chlorobalius leucoviridis mimicry1 by as above – CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Chlorobalius leucoviridis mimicry2 by as above – CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q10450480 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Chlorobalius – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by as above – CC BY 2.5