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Dr Greg Sutton
Dr Chloe Goode
Shannon Harrison
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Dr Bill Heitler
Dr Malcolm Burrows
Dr Hojun Song
Dr Norman Lee
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Dr Gerlind Lehmann
Dr Inga Geipel
Dr Rajat Mittal
Bug of the Week, youtube.com/@BugOfTheWeek
jpaur, @jpaur
Citations
Baker & Broom. Natural History Museum Sound Archive I: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815, doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e7442
Bayley, T. G.et al; A buckling region in locust hindlegs contains resilin and absorbs energy… doi.org/10.1242/jeb.068080
Burrows & Morris. Jumping and kicking in bush crickets. 10.1242/jeb.00214.
Celiker E et al. The Auditory Mechanics of the Outer Ear of the Bush Cricket, doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.3394.
Celiker E et al. Mechanical network equivalence between the katydid and mammalian inner ears. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012641.
Dominguez, J et al, Resource competition affects developmental outcomes of the acoustic parasitoid fly O. ochracea, doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaf018
Duncan J et al. Differentiation between left and right wing stridulatory files in the field cricket G. bimaculatus. 10.1016/j.asd.2021.101076.
Geipel, I et al, Bats Actively Use Leaves as Specular Reflectors to Detect Acoustically Camouflaged Prey, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.076.
Goode & Sutton. Control of high-speed jumps: the rotation and energetics of the locust. doi.org/10.1007/s00360-022-01471-4
Goode CK et al. Control of high-speed jumps in muscle and spring actuated systems: a comparative study of take-off energetics in bush-crickets and locusts. doi.org/10.1007/s00360-023-01524-2
Harrison SL et al. Jumping up a level: Target distance and angle estimation facilitates successful landing in a jumping glass katydid. 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112738.
Henderson P et al. Reproductive anatomy and embryogenesis of a viviparous, phonotactic, parasitoid fly. 10.1093/aesa/saaf021.
Hustert R et al Mechanosensory pegs constitute stridulatory files in grasshoppers. 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990802)410:3444
Jafari S et al Acoustic burrow structures of European mole crickets, G. gryllotalpa.
Jirik KJ et al Parasitoid-host eavesdropping reveals temperature coupling of preferences to communication signals. 10.1098/rspb.2023.0775.
Jonsson T et al Auditory mechanics in a bush-cricket: direct evidence of dual sound inputs in the pressure difference receiver. 10.1098/rsif.2016.0560.
Lee, N et al Developing a Phonotaxis Performance Index to Uncover Signal Selectivity in Walking Phonotaxis. 10.3389/fevo.2019.00334
Li X et al Micromorphological differentiation of left and right stridulatory apparatus in crickets. 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.3.8.
Ma S et al The Steering Jump Control of a Locust Bio‐Robot... 10.1002/aisy.202270042.
Merry JW Those Who Wish to Sing Always Find a Song: Call Loss and Reinvention in Hawaiian Crickets, Saint Francis University.
Mikel-Stites MR et al, A biologically accurate model of directional hearing in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea, doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.15.460520
Montealegre-Z F et al Mechanical phase shifters for coherent acoustic radiation in the stridulating wings of crickets: the plectrum mechanism. 10.1242/jeb.022731.
Robillard & Desutter-Grandcolas The complex stridulatory behavior of the cricket E. guyanensis 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.02.005.
Robillard T et al Bioacoustics of the Neotropical Eneopterinae. doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2014.996915
Rogers SM et al RNAi of the elastomeric protein resilin reduces jump velocity and resilience to damage in locusts, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415625121
Strauss, J What determines the number of auditory sensilla in the tympanal hearing organs of Tettigoniidae? 10.3897/jor.28.33586.
Stumpner & Nowotny Neural Processing in the Bush-Cricket Auditory Pathway. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40462-7_9
Umbers KDL et al Ferocious Fighting between Male Grasshoppers. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049600
Vedenina V et al New data on bioacoustics and courtship behaviour in grasshoppers. doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1200.118422
Wikle AW et al Neural and behavioral evolution in an eavesdropper with a rapidly evolving host. 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.019.
Windmill JF et al Time-resolved tympanal mechanics of the locust. 10.1098/rsif.2008.0131.
Zuk M et al Silent night: adaptive disappearance of a sexual signal in a parasitized population of field crickets. 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0539.
merch: ze-true-store.myshopify.com
patreon: patreon.com/truefacts/posts
classical music: soundcloud.com/querflote/5-au
sponsor music: incompetech.com
Credits:
Thank you to Bodo Maass for his wonderful sound wave visualization tool: sygyt.com/soundwave
Dr Greg Sutton
Dr Chloe Goode
Shannon Harrison
Dr Charlie Woodrow
Dr Bill Heitler
Dr Malcolm Burrows
Dr Hojun Song
Dr Norman Lee
Dr Peter Falkingham, youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHmVDY_HFwR6Fy0futGK9Nr49wVzjhrax
Dr Gerlind Lehmann
Dr Inga Geipel
Dr Rajat Mittal
Bug of the Week, youtube.com/@BugOfTheWeek
jpaur, @jpaur
Citations
Baker & Broom. Natural History Museum Sound Archive I: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815, doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e7442
Bayley, T. G.et al; A buckling region in locust hindlegs contains resilin and absorbs energy… doi.org/10.1242/jeb.068080
Burrows & Morris. Jumping and kicking in bush crickets. 10.1242/jeb.00214.
Celiker E et al. The Auditory Mechanics of the Outer Ear of the Bush Cricket, doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.3394.
Celiker E et al. Mechanical network equivalence between the katydid and mammalian inner ears. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012641.
Dominguez, J et al, Resource competition affects developmental outcomes of the acoustic parasitoid fly O. ochracea, doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaf018
Duncan J et al. Differentiation between left and right wing stridulatory files in the field cricket G. bimaculatus. 10.1016/j.asd.2021.101076.
Geipel, I et al, Bats Actively Use Leaves as Specular Reflectors to Detect Acoustically Camouflaged Prey, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.076.
Goode & Sutton. Control of high-speed jumps: the rotation and energetics of the locust. doi.org/10.1007/s00360-022-01471-4
Goode CK et al. Control of high-speed jumps in muscle and spring actuated systems: a comparative study of take-off energetics in bush-crickets and locusts. doi.org/10.1007/s00360-023-01524-2
Harrison SL et al. Jumping up a level: Target distance and angle estimation facilitates successful landing in a jumping glass katydid. 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112738.
Henderson P et al. Reproductive anatomy and embryogenesis of a viviparous, phonotactic, parasitoid fly. 10.1093/aesa/saaf021.
Hustert R et al Mechanosensory pegs constitute stridulatory files in grasshoppers. 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990802)410:3444
Jafari S et al Acoustic burrow structures of European mole crickets, G. gryllotalpa.
Jirik KJ et al Parasitoid-host eavesdropping reveals temperature coupling of preferences to communication signals. 10.1098/rspb.2023.0775.
Jonsson T et al Auditory mechanics in a bush-cricket: direct evidence of dual sound inputs in the pressure difference receiver. 10.1098/rsif.2016.0560.
Lee, N et al Developing a Phonotaxis Performance Index to Uncover Signal Selectivity in Walking Phonotaxis. 10.3389/fevo.2019.00334
Li X et al Micromorphological differentiation of left and right stridulatory apparatus in crickets. 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.3.8.
Ma S et al The Steering Jump Control of a Locust Bio‐Robot... 10.1002/aisy.202270042.
Merry JW Those Who Wish to Sing Always Find a Song: Call Loss and Reinvention in Hawaiian Crickets, Saint Francis University.
Mikel-Stites MR et al, A biologically accurate model of directional hearing in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea, doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.15.460520
Montealegre-Z F et al Mechanical phase shifters for coherent acoustic radiation in the stridulating wings of crickets: the plectrum mechanism. 10.1242/jeb.022731.
Robillard & Desutter-Grandcolas The complex stridulatory behavior of the cricket E. guyanensis 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.02.005.
Robillard T et al Bioacoustics of the Neotropical Eneopterinae. doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2014.996915
Rogers SM et al RNAi of the elastomeric protein resilin reduces jump velocity and resilience to damage in locusts, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415625121
Strauss, J What determines the number of auditory sensilla in the tympanal hearing organs of Tettigoniidae? 10.3897/jor.28.33586.
Stumpner & Nowotny Neural Processing in the Bush-Cricket Auditory Pathway. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40462-7_9
Umbers KDL et al Ferocious Fighting between Male Grasshoppers. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049600
Vedenina V et al New data on bioacoustics and courtship behaviour in grasshoppers. doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1200.118422
Wikle AW et al Neural and behavioral evolution in an eavesdropper with a rapidly evolving host. 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.019.
Windmill JF et al Time-resolved tympanal mechanics of the locust. 10.1098/rsif.2008.0131.
Zuk M et al Silent night: adaptive disappearance of a sexual signal in a parasitized population of field crickets. 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0539.
