Listen to the wood-cricket
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About the wood-cricket
The wood-cricket is a insect in the family Trigonidiidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the wood-cricket 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
Nemobius sylvestris, the wood cricket, is a flightless species of cricket in the family Trigonidiidae. It is native to Western Europe and North Africa but uncommon in Britain.
Frequently asked questions
What does a wood-cricket sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the wood-cricket 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 wood-cricket belong to?
The wood-cricket (Nemobius sylvestris) belongs to the family Trigonidiidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 596 10 Nemobius sylvestris 001r2 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q386914 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Nemobius sylvestris – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Frank Stavenuiter – CC BY-SA 3.0