In 1991, cricket numbers crashed as parasitoid flies (Ormia ochracea) located male calling crickets by sound and made them into live incubators for their eggs. The parasitic larvae would hatch and eat ...

We walked down towards the subway in the semi-dusk, through the sound of crickets and muffled television sets (in some of the houses we could see them flickering blue through the open windows) and a ...

Upon entering Reynolds Industries Auditorium, audience members were given headphones, which initially played the sound of crickets so listeners could check that they worked. The show began ...

Sound effects can be used to help establish the time of day. A scene set in the early morning might feature the sound of birdsong, while a scene at night could use the sound of crickets chirping.

Mole crickets typically mate in April and May. Males in most species attract mates by producing courtship songs that sound like loud, continuous trills. The female mole cricket builds a small ...