stridulate
Cricket leg music
To stridulate is to make a shrill, grating sound by rubbing body parts together, as crickets and grasshoppers do with their legs and wings.
The term is mainly scientific, describing this method of sound production in insects: Male crickets stridulate to attract mates.
The resulting sound is stridulation.
Chirping legged insect
- grasshopperJumping insect, long legs
- cicadaLoud singing insect
- katydidLong-horned green grasshopper
- rubbingApplying pressure while moving
wings · file · scraper · rasp · friction · serrate · elytra · femur
Short, high avian sound
trill · drone · whirr · scrape · vibration · resonate · acoustic · percussive
Species-specific courtship signal
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
synchronous · chorus · rivalry · attraction · advertisement · warning · aggregation · seasonal
Insect order with leathery forewings
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- chitinArthropod shell polymer
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
thorax · abdomen · antennae · six-legged · segmented · specimen · fieldwork
cricket
Chirping legged insect
- grasshopperJumping insect, long legs
- cicadaLoud singing insect
- katydidLong-horned green grasshopper
rubbing · wings · file · scraper · rasp · friction · serrate · elytra · femur · ridges
chirp
Short, high avian sound
creak · trill · drone · whirr · scrape · vibration · resonate · acoustic · percussive · sonic
mating call
Species-specific courtship signal
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- nocturnalActive during darkness
crepuscular · synchronous · chorus · rivalry · attraction · advertisement · warning · aggregation · seasonal · dusk
orthoptera
Insect order with leathery forewings
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- chitinArthropod shell polymer
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
invertebrate · thorax · abdomen · antennae · six-legged · segmented · specimen · fieldwork