Crickets
Females Response:
A reproductive female cricket uses a behaviour called phonotaxis, which involves following the males song, allowing him to guide the female cricket to his location [9]. The female cricket, however, does not hone into a particular males song, she simply wanders in the direction of any call, until she physically comes across a singing male, regardless of whether this was the original song heard [8].
A reproductive female cricket uses a behaviour called phonotaxis, which involves following the males song, allowing him to guide the female cricket to his location [9]. The female cricket, however, does not hone into a particular males song, she simply wanders in the direction of any call, until she physically comes across a singing male, regardless of whether this was the original song heard [8].
Other Males Response:
Male crickets have a very intense reaction to other male mating calls, and can certainly be violent [2]. In the presence of another male a cricket will sing an aggression song. Fighting behaviour in male crickets and the aggression song are heavily linked, even non-reproductive females have been seen to react violently to this song. The underlying reason for this reaction to occur to the aggression song is still misunderstood, and Balakrishnan & Pollack (1996) state that the song is important in regular mounting of the female, as without the call, mounting occurrence actually decreases. Structural similarities between the aggression and courtship songs, or the frequencies produced during the aggression song have been possible explanations for this finding [7].
Male crickets have a very intense reaction to other male mating calls, and can certainly be violent [2]. In the presence of another male a cricket will sing an aggression song. Fighting behaviour in male crickets and the aggression song are heavily linked, even non-reproductive females have been seen to react violently to this song. The underlying reason for this reaction to occur to the aggression song is still misunderstood, and Balakrishnan & Pollack (1996) state that the song is important in regular mounting of the female, as without the call, mounting occurrence actually decreases. Structural similarities between the aggression and courtship songs, or the frequencies produced during the aggression song have been possible explanations for this finding [7].