@futurebird can we hear more about the squeaking?? | Loren

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Loren

@futurebird can we hear more about the squeaking??

Like 10 November at 2:01 | Wall-to-wall | Open on flipping.rocks

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myrmepropagandist

It's a kind of stridulation. A warning sound. I have not found any recordings of it (they are woefully understudied) but it's probably similar to this:

https://youtu.be/WbeetqZk6mE

10 November at 2:03 | Open on sauropods.win

Loren

@futurebird whoaaa can other wasps make noise? or ants?

10 November at 2:05 | Open on flipping.rocks

myrmepropagandist

There are several ants who can squeak too. It's not typical. They tend to be more basal things like Dinoponera I think. Dinoponera are very "waspy"

10 November at 2:09 | Open on sauropods.win

Loren

@futurebird cool! i had no idea!

10 November at 2:16 | Open on flipping.rocks

Cognitive Dissidence

@futurebird @loren

Stridulation is my vocabulary word of the day.

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