Some male cockroaches whistle at females with surprisingly complex, almost birdlike sounds that vibrate through the ground and the air, researchers find.
LOVE SONGS. While courting a female, a male Elliptorhina chopardi expels air through holes in his abdomen to make soft, enticing whistles. Sueur
Males of one of Madagascar’s less-studied hissing-roach species, Elliptorhina chopardi, hiss loudly at the other guys and at predators.
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