Edible gifts given by male crickets to their female partners during mating contain unique proteins which could affect the females» behaviour according to research from the University of Exeter and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, published today in the journal PLOS ONE. (sciencedaily.com)
Two island populations of male crickets independently evolved to evade parasites by keeping quiet, and have come up with a way to sneak matings with females that still seek the male courtship song. (the-scientist.com)
«Now we know a bit more about how this occurs in male crickets — by suppressing sexual advertisement.» (scientificamerican.com)