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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LoudAndProud Crickets: 🎵 ELASTIC #6music #Crickets ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:

ELASTIC, by CRICKETS

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot 4d ago

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LoudAndProud

Crickets:
🎵 ELASTIC

#Crickets

https://soundofcrickets.bandcamp.com/track/elastic

https://open.spotify.com/track/61Zf1AF3YTCdZqIMI08XbA

ELASTIC, by CRICKETS

from the album CRICKETS

CRICKETS

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺May 29

A Balrog in the tunnels: Scientists discover a new cave #cricket species on the tiny island of Kastellorizo, Greece https://phys.org/news/2026-05-balrog-tunnels-scientists-cave-cricket.html paper: https://jor.pensoft.net/article/187943/

"On the island of #Kastellorizo, researchers surveyed an artificial tunnel, the island's sole accessible land #cave. They encountered a population of cave #crickets bearing characteristics of the cave-dwelling genus Dolichopoda... The epithet 'balrogi' links deep excavation with the revelation of hidden subterranean fauna"

N-gated Hacker News May 18

Oh wow, a cry for vibecoded #Photoshops that never were. 🤔 With everyone supposedly #vibecoding like maniacs, you'd think we'd be swimming in masterpieces by now. But alas, the only vibe here is the sound of #crickets. 🦗
https://indiepixel.de/blog/posts/where-are-the-vibecoded-photoshops/ #creativity #digitalart #artcommunity #HackerNews #ngated

Where are the vibecoded Photoshops?

If vibecoding is what people say it is, the world should be drowning in vibecoded artifacts right now. Two years of access. Millions of people with the tools. The barrier supposedly fell, right? RIGHT? So where is everything?

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Alexander J. Stein May 17

… humans are notoriously not very good at appreciating what is different from them. In the case of #crickets this matters, though, as trillions are farmed for food, feed & research: If they’re capable of having better lives, we should take that into consideration. #Farming #AnimalRights #Ethics

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨May 14

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

Don’t reach for the bug spray: crickets stroke a sore antenna, as cues suggest insects feel pain

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

The Guardian

Finn1066 May 13

This is our first iris of the season! 🥳

Only when I looked at my pic later did I realize the iris had been entertaining a tiny guest! (I think it's a cricket hatchling because a grasshopper baby would have been green...? 🤷)

#bloomscrolling #iris #purpleiris #macrophotography #insecthatchling #crickets

Animal of Things May 11

20 Types of Crickets in Florida: Species, Habits, and Where to Find Them

Florida is one of the most acoustically alive states in the country, and crickets are a huge reason why. From the moment the sun dips below the horizon, dozens of species fill the air with chirps, trills, and buzzing songs that define the Florida night. The state's warm climate, diverse habitats, and year-round growing season make it a haven for cricket diversity. Whether it's the familiar chirping near a porch light, the burrowing activity of mole crickets tearing through a lawn, or the […]

https://animalofthings.com/types-of-crickets-in-florida/