Listen to the Tessellana tessellata
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About the Tessellana tessellata
The Tessellana tessellata is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the Tessellana tessellata 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
Tessellana tessellata known as the brown-spotted bush-cricket is a European and North African insect in the tribe Platycleidini (Tettigoniidae).
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Sickle-bearing bush-cricket
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Dark bush-cricket
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Short-winged cone-head
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Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket
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Speckled bush-cricket
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Bog bush-cricket
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Long-winged conehead
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Tessellana tessellata sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Tessellana tessellata 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 Tessellana tessellata belong to?
The Tessellana tessellata (Tessellana tessellata) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- Tessellana tessellata - sound by Baudewijn Odé – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q49549519 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Tessellana tessellata – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium – CC BY-SA 2.0