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Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Orthoptera >Gryllidae >Teleogryllus >

Two male crickets are pushing their heads against each other and calling vigorously. There is a female, one with a rod-like structure (ovipositor) at the tail, beside them. The uninterrupted calls that the males are making are categorized as aggressive songs. As the fight escalates, the males bare their mandibles and almost interlock them. In this video, the male lacking the left hind leg stopped calling and retreated, and the other seems to have won the fight. The winner kept calling and approached the female.

(Data No.momo041210te01b)

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