Insects are making sounds the human ear can’t hear. One Midwest scientist is listening

A thorn-like treehopper species called Umbonia crassicornis. “We’re used to having large species make low pitched sounds and small species making high pitched sounds,” said Cocroft. “But with vibrations, those constraints are gone. So even a very small creature the size of a sesame seed can produce a sound that’s as low pitched as an American alligator.” ABBIE LANKITUS/ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI via KNS
BY HECTOR ALUJANDRO ARZATEKCUR/Kansas News Service Thousands of insect species use vibrations to communicate. Now, in part because of the foundational research of a Midwestern…
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