I know. I know. I shouldn't be on Xitter anymore. But a Japanese user named "mole cricket" liked my post about a mole cricket. So there's that.

xitter user @IkxYhxl

#Molecrickets #ElonMusk #SocialMedia #Enshittification #SurveillanceCapitalism #Xitter #SocialMediaSucks #HalfHeartedFanatic

#NewSpecies!
New pygmy mole-cricket from #florida #USA just chirped:

Ellipes ceratiola

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038787CE-E06E-FFCC-FF04-842FFBCBFC14
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.4.1
#Zootaxa #EllipesCeratiola

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #orthoptera #cricket #molecrickets

Mini creatures with mighty voices know their audience and focus on a single frequency https://theconversation.com/mini-creatures-with-mighty-voices-know-their-audience-and-focus-on-a-single-frequency-192810

Some #insects amplify their sounds by building the functional equivalent of audio speakers. Some tree #crickets chew holes in leaves, place their vibrating wings in the opening and use the surrounding leaf as a baffle to prevent the loss of sound energy around the edges of their wings. #MoleCrickets go even further by constructing a burrow that acts like a wind instrument.