The tick sound of a giant weta,Deinacrida rugosa(Orthoptera : Stenopelmatidae : Deinacridinae)
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Entomologist
- Vol. 7 (2) , 176-183
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.1980.9722371
Abstract
A ticking sound is described as the third acoustic component of the defense behaviour of the giant weta, Deinacrida rugosa Buller. The ticks occur at a mean interval of 0.36 s, but are not correlated with any movements visible to the unaided eye. The ticks contain a mean of 5.4 pulses which decrease in amplitude but which have similar waveforms and periodicities. Spectral analysis indicated that ticking sounds, as well as pulses from defensive leg-kicking stridulatory sounds, are characterised by a 12 kHz peak. It is concluded that ticking is produced by the femoro-abdominal stridulatory mechanism but that extremely small leg movements are involved.Keywords
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