Behavior of Watched Crickets

Researchers have demonstrated crickets change their own aggressive behavior when they are aware of being watched by other crickets, the first time such social behavior has been observed in invertebrates and revealing an unexpected depth of learning and memory in insects.

Chirp of Extinct Cricket

Researchers have constructed a model of a fossilized bush cricket (Archaboilus musicus) found in northeast China from its exceptionally well-preserved microscopic wing features enough to reproduce the song of this extinct species after 160 million years.

Crickets Fire Rings of Air

African cave crickets have been found to communicate by using their wings to fire doughnut-shaped vortices of air at potential mates, a method that is silent and eliminates detection by predators and which might be adapted for stealthy and secure robotic communications.