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A few weeks ago I was looking for the sound of crickets, and was surprised to find no freely licensed cricket sounds on enwiki or on commons. I found some on the internet, but they did not have compatible licenses. Frustration! Then a couple nights ago I heard a cricket in my garage, so like a good Wikipedian I recorded and uploaded it.
Meloimorpha japonica, [1] [2] also known as suzumushi (鈴虫, lit. ' bell cricket '), the bell cricket, and the bell-ring cricket, is a species of cricket widespread in Asia (from India, through Indochina to Japan).
The term last hour can be a misnomer. One hour before the scheduled end of the game, the last hour starts. An agreed minimum number of overs (usually 15 in Test match cricket and 20 in other first-class cricket games) is bowled. The last hour therefore lasts either for the longer of 60 minutes, or the time it takes to bowl the agreed minimum ...
Anurogryllus celerinictus, the Indies short-tailed cricket, is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae.It was described in 1973 by Thomas J. Walker. [1] [2]In January 2019, the noise from its song was proposed as the cause of the Havana syndrome. [3]
Most female crickets lack the necessary adaptations to stridulate, so make no sound. [7] Several types of cricket songs are in the repertoire of some species. The calling song attracts females and repels other males, and is fairly loud. The courting song is used when a female cricket is near and encourages her to mate with the caller.
G. vineae produces an exceptionally loud song from half an hour after sunset, continuing for an hour; it can be heard up to 600 m away. At a distance of 1 m from the burrow, the sound has a mean power over the stridulation cycle up to 88 decibels ; the loudest recorded peak power was about 92 decibels; at the mouths of the burrow, the sound ...
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Calling tends to peak at sunrise [9] and lasts between 1.3 and 1.8 hours per night. [6] However, if nighttime temperatures drop below 10 °C (50 °F), calling will switch to the daytime. [9] At 29 °C (85 °F), the cricket will call at 120–370 chirps per minute, in a series of 3 to 5-pulse chirps. [1]