@article {17240, title = {Field Behavior And Sound Production By The Grasshopper Sphingonotus rubescens (Orthoptera, Acrididae) On Tenerife, Canary Islands}, journal = {Entomological News}, volume = {96}, year = {1985}, pages = {37-42}, chapter = {37}, abstract = {

Males and females of the oedipodine grasshopper Sphingonotus rubescens crepitate by producing a click-buzz sound. Males have 3 types of stridulation: (1 and 2) a common whistkle-click combination lasting less than 1 sec and often followed by a hop-turn or very short flight, and (3) a bussing lasting ca. 1.2 sec when 2 or more males are less than 1m apart. Male courtship behviour is described.

}, url = {http://biostor.org/reference/77030}, author = {R. G. Bland} }