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03-09-2008, 05:44 PM
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| | | Re: silent crickets ?
the shop where I bought them only has silent crickets as far as Im aware.could be a mix up at their suppliers |
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| | | Re: silent crickets ?
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Originally Posted by omdi  the shop where I bought them only has silent crickets as far as Im aware.could be a mix up at their suppliers | Only adults, mainly males, make the sound. If they were immature (nymphs) then they would be silent. This would make sense to your query. Once they reach maturity they will then produce the sound. |
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Only adults, mainly males, make the sound. If they were immature (nymphs) then they would be silent. This would make sense to your query. Once they reach maturity they will then produce the sound. | thanks aeshna5that makes perfect sense and would explain a lot |
03-09-2008, 06:29 PM
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| | | Re: silent crickets ?
This reptile food vendor offers "Silent" Brown Crickets Gryllus assimilis.
This site looks like a great resource for North American orthoptera, and it has a really interesting page about Gryllus, which suggests that the taxonomy above might have to be treated cautiously.
Can't trace any more about the 'silent' bit, but suspect that it is a reference to the mode of sound generation (wings or legs).
All completely off subject for WAB, but very interesting!
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