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How Do Crickets Chirp?
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Quick Answer
Male crickets chirp by rubbing a scraper on one wing against a ridged file on the other, a sound-making method called stridulation.
The Full Story
A cricket lifts its front wings and rubs a hard edge (the scraper) along a row of tiny teeth (the file) on the underside of the other wing. Each tooth struck produces a pulse of sound, and a thin area of the wing acts like a drumskin to amplify it. Males chirp mainly to attract females and to warn off rival males, with different songs for each purpose. Crickets hear with ears located on their front legs, just below the knees. Their chirping rate rises with temperature because they are cold-blooded.
Key Facts
1.Dolbear's law (1897) links cricket chirp rate to air temperature.
2.Only male crickets chirp.
3.Some crickets amplify their calls by singing from burrows shaped like megaphones.
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