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stridulation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | noise |
| Derivation | stridulate |
Examples of stridulation
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Some ants produce sounds by stridulation, using the gaster segments and their mandibles.
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In grasshoppers and crickets, this is achieved by stridulation.
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In water boatmen the area used for stridulation is only about 50 micrometres across, roughly the width of a human hair.
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The song, used by males to attract mates, is produced by rubbing two body parts together, in a process called stridulation.
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The adults, who are nocturnal and seem to live on the ground, are also capable of stridulation, or the production of sound by rubbing certain body parts.
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- A shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
- (stridulate) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
- Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fishes, snakes and spiders. ...
- A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together
- (stridulations) small, harsh creaking noises, as made by some insects
- (Stridulate) Making a creaking or grating sound by insects through rubbing two rough surfaces against each other.
- The process of producing sound by the rubbing together of certain modified surfaces of the chelicerae and maxillae (and sometimes at the base of the pedipalps and first pair of legs). Only some tarantulas (e.g., Theraphosa blondi and Citarischuis crawshayi) possess stridulating structures.
- Sound produced by action of thick, toothed vein on scraper of a cricket's wing.
- The noise that some butterflies and moths make by rubbing rasp-like abdominal appendages together. The purpose of this noise is unknown.
