Listen to the Gryllotalpa vineae
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About the Gryllotalpa vineae
The Gryllotalpa vineae is a insect in the family Gryllotalpidae (order Orthoptera). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Gryllotalpa vineae 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
Gryllotalpa vineae is a species of mole cricket in the family Gryllotalpidae. It is found in southwestern Europe and was first described by the entomologists H. C. Bennet-Clark and Blaine H. Goodposts in 1970 after having realised that it must be a different species from the European mole cricket because of its distinctive song.
Related insects in the genus Gryllotalpa
Frequently asked questions
What does a Gryllotalpa vineae sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the Gryllotalpa vineae 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.
Is the Gryllotalpa vineae endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Gryllotalpa vineae as “least concern”.
What family does the Gryllotalpa vineae belong to?
The Gryllotalpa vineae (Gryllotalpa vineae) belongs to the family Gryllotalpidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 585 3 Gryllotalpa vineae 821a – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 585 2 Gryllotalpa vineae 820b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 585 4 Gryllotalpa vineae 821b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 585 1 Gryllotalpa vineae 820a – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 899 13 Gryllotalpa vinae 112r10 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q10509493 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Gryllotalpa vineae – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Júlio Reis – CC BY-SA 4.0