Listen to nature: explore insect wildlife sounds
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| Cicada | |
| tymbal vibrations, recorded by Richard Ranft, Montsaraz, Alentejo, Portugal. | |
| Cicada Carineta sp | |
| tymbal vibrations, recorded by Richard Ranft, 26 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Cicada | |
| chainsaw' cicada, recorded by Richard Ranft, September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Cicada | |
| tymbal vibrations, recorded by Ron Kettle, Melbourne, Australia. | |
| Early Nesting Bumble Bees Bombus pratorum | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 17 June 1989, Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. | |
| Field Cricket Gryllus campestris | |
| stridulation, recorded by Kyle Turner, 18 April 1993, Le Bougayrou, Lacave, Lot, France. | |
| Lesser Field Grasshopper Chorthippus mollis | |
| stridulation, recorded by Michael F. Claridge, 11 August 1976, Grand Gerique at base of Mont Ventoux, France. | |
| Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa sp | |
| stridulation, recorded by Anthony H. Baylis, 9 July 1989, Sisi, Crete. | |
| Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens | |
| tremulations of insect from Australia, recorded in laboratory, recorded by Michael F. Claridge, 11 April 1986, Cardiff, Wales. | |
| Silkworms Bombyx mori | |
| recorded by Eiji Ohya, 1 October 2004, Morioka, Japan. | |
| The Water Singer Micronecta scholtzi | |
| an aquatic bug stridulating underwater, recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1984, Wimbledon Park, London, England. | |
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