BioAcoustica is a free, open repository of wildlife sound recordings from the Natural History Museum, London.
Taxonomic index of the BioAcoustica collection
Acoustic and biological measurements in the BioAcoustica collection
Recording annotations from ann-o-mate
The specimens that recordings are of, from the collections
Boake, Christine R. B.; Caparanica, R. R. (1982). Aggressive Signal in "Courtship" Chirps of a Gregarious Cricket. Science, 218(4572): 580 - 582.
Unlike other known species of crickets, Amphiacusta maya in Central America mates in groups. Experimentally silenced males experience reduced mating success, not owing to decreased receptivity by females, but owing to increased time spent fighting with other males that persistently interrupt silent courtships. Thus, the data indicate that "courtship" chirping functions as a warning to other males, rather than as a signal to females.
| Amphiacusta maya |
Where the specimens that recordings are of were collected, not where the sound was recorded