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[edit] Mountain Dew

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[edit] Jerusalem cricket sound production

I, too, would like to hear your JC make noise. Having captured many of them, of several species, and raised a few, I have yet to hear one make a sound - and note that there is only one of the various people who sent in photos (to that linked site you gave) who also mentioned it making noise. The response, you'll note, does not say that JCs stridulate, only that "certain insects" do. JCs do not have any stridulatory structures on their bodies, which means that they cannot stridulate. It's like saying that an organism which lacks eyes can see. I admit that given that there are many undescribed species of JC, it is not impossible that one might be found which has an undocumented method of sound production, but there is no record I can find in the scientific literature to support such a claim. Peace, Dyanega 21:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, I stand corrected - I just found a citation, from a book published in the UK in 2001 which I had never read - in which it is mentioned that a few species of American JCs can stridulate. That would certainly explain why some people mention it, and have heard it, and why others have not. However, even that reference does not mention them being able to hear, and it is postulated as a purely defensive maneuver. I will gladly edit the JC page to reflect this new information. Thanks for prodding me into doing a little more research. Peace, Dyanega 21:46, 28 March 2007 (UTC)