Clik here to view.
Music To Our Ears
Music can be defined as An art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony… By this definition, insects make music. Some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Carrying a Tune
Many species of crickets have males that make sounds of only a single pitch. In sound, pitch is related to the frequency of the vibration. The simple story for male house crickets, Acheta domestica, is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pittsburgh. They’re Back!
Mayflies are sentinels of water quality. The immatures live in the water where they feed on algae or dead plant material (detritus). Many species are especially sensitive to pollution and will go...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Insulting With Insects: Music
Today, I continue the theme of “Insulting With Insects“. The insults work better on those who find insects disgusting than they do on entomologists who find insects to be fascinating and may not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Living With Waltzing Mosquitoes
As I noted in a previous post, Bug Zappers are heavily marketed to the public as a way to kill mosquitoes. Some of them have catchy names with catchy advertising. For example, the bug zapper in the ad...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sound and Size
Fruit flies mate quietly on an appleDuring late summer in Indiana, the night is dominated by sounds of cicadas, crickets and katydids. Loud insect sounds are associated with large insects. Small...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Living With Insect Music
Musician and author, David Rothenberg, like many musicians is in tune to the sounds of nature. His album, Bug Music, uses recordings of insect sounds to set the rhythm, then overlays them with more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Music Competition Butterflies
Butterfly lands on Yukie Ota during the 2014 International Flute Competition in Denmark Screen shot from NPR.orgMusicians competing in contests may get butterflies in their stomach. At the Carl Nielson...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Living With Cryptocercus garciai
Previously, I posted about the several species of Cryptocercus wood roaches and the species descriptions. One species described in the 1999 paper, Cryptocercus garciai, was named after Rock Muscian,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Carpet Beetles: Fans of Violins
Carpet Beetle Today, I was asked about bow bugs, insects that destroy the horsehair in a violin bow. The owner of the violin opens the case and finds many broken and missing hairs in the bow. My first...
View Article