Modern Cricket Ear (IMAGE)

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)

Modern Cricket Ear

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In crickets and katydids living today, the ear is a tiny oval cavity with a thin membrane stretched over it that vibrates in response to sound, much like our own eardrum.

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Photo courtesy of Dena Smith

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