This review discusses body size and mass as they relate to the Orthoptera (crickets,
katydids, grasshoppers) and the Phasmatodea (walkingsticks). It addresses the expression …

Publisher Summary The sounds produced by orthopteran insects are very diverse. They are
widely studied for the insight they give into acoustic behaviour and the biophysical aspects …

Ensifera present an appropriate and interesting model for the study of acoustic
communication, because of their diverse signal and communication modalities, and due to …

Highlights•Immediate song modification in response to noise was studied in a cricket
species.•Signal duration decreased in response to increasing traffic noise and noise …

New communication signals can evolve by sensory exploitation if signaling taps into
preexisting sensory biases in receivers [1, 2]. For mate attraction, signals are typically similar …

Highlights•We tested the effect of male density* female age on female mate choice in field
crickets.•We measured female choosiness as the time spent near a low-quality …

The acoustic signals of insects are examples of sexually selected traits predominantly used
by females to identify, locate and choose between potential mates. In addition to the …

Meta-heuristicalgorithms are widely used in various areas such as engineering, statistics,
industrial, image processing, artificial intelligence etc. In this study, the Cricket algorithm …

Conspecific sperm precedence occurs when females are exposed to sperm from males of
multiple species, but preferentially use sperm of a conspecific. Conspecific sperm …

Despite common stereotypes, males are not always indiscriminate and eager when it comes
to mating. In the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius, the initial response of males to females …