Male Crickets More Likely To Try To Woo Other Males When Well-Fed How well-fed the insects are could affect their “mating filter" (and no, this shouldn't be extrapolated to humans).

Scott K. Sakaluk, Onset of Phonotaxis and Age at First Mating in Female House Crickets, Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 90, No. 3 (Sep., ...

Object Details Author Gwynne, Darryl T Contents 1. Mormon Crickets and Mating Meals -- 2. Katydids, Longhorns, and Bush-Crickets: Diversity and Evolution of the Tettigoniidae -- 3. What Katy Did: ...

To make sure their appeals for a mate can be heard loud and clear, tree crickets (Oecanthus henryi) cut a hole in a leaf and call through it, using it like a megaphone. Called ‘baffling’, it ...

Within the last decade or two, the vast majority of Hawaiian field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus) have lost the ability to create their mating song due to a mutation affecting the male crickets ...

Male sagebrush crickets present their hind wings as a “nuptial gift” for females to munch on while mating. This meal helps the female produce healthy eggs but weakens the male.

Cricket mating season spikes in August and September, when the rain and cooler weather make an appearance. The female crickets search for their mates at night.

They are simply flying to look for food and a place to mate and lay eggs, Keck said. Like the crickets, residents will likely see fewer in a couple of weeks.