Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

Credit: Communications Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-07368-y The researchers concluded that crickets employ dodging behavior to methodically evade perceived threats under low-risk ...

When the cheerful chirping of a cricket abruptly stops, a predator is lurking nearby ... or it’s already too late. But it is the moment the insect can play dead to avoid being eaten. Hiroshi ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have developed to ...