Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps, & Clicks
Twenty Thousand Hertz
The Evolution of Insects
Predators eat all the easy ones to find, so prey adapts by getting faster or better camouflaged. One way that prey can avoid detection is by getting quieter. In Hawaii, there's an invasive wasp that prays on crickets and eats them alive. So in the past like 20 years-ish, these crickets have gone silent, they don't make sound anymore. This is one of the fastest evolving traits that scientists have ever seen in animals.
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