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How locusts make music

LOCUSTS, like crickets, are called fiddlers - they make "music".

But the locust's method is different in that a rasping sound is made when it raises and lowers its hind legs, which brushes a series of spurs against the tough veins on its wings. -

Nature Library: The Insects, Life

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