Listen to the Platycleis affinis
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About the Platycleis affinis
The Platycleis affinis is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the Platycleis affinis 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
Platycleis affinis is an insect species belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae of family Tettigoniidae. It is found in Southern Europe. Research led by Karim Vahed found that the testes of this bush cricket account for 14% of its total body weight.
Related insects in the genus Platycleis
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
Frequently asked questions
What does a Platycleis affinis sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Platycleis affinis 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 Platycleis affinis belong to?
The Platycleis affinis (Platycleis affinis) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 580 17 Platycleis affinis 798r3 29-Nov – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 899 9 Platycleis affinis 112r6 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 578 9 Platycleis affinis 787a 8-Nov – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 425 12 Platycleis affinis 606r9 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 420-8 Platycleis affinis 586r4 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 578 10 Platycleis affinis 787b 8-Nov – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2380899 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Platycleis affinis – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Gilles San Martin – CC BY-SA 2.0