How locusts make music

10 May 2012 - 10:06
By Dr Know It All

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