Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . will befound on the shank of the front pairof legs, a little below the knee. Thereis a tense membrane or drum coveringan inner chamber in which are audi-tory rods connecting with the nervesof hearing and collecting impressionsfrom the vibrations of the drum. Inother Insects it is believed that thesense of hearing has its organ in theantennae. Ants and certain speciesof bees have in their antennas flask-shaped organs known as Hicks bottks (from their discoverer, BraxtonHicks), and Lubbock believed that they act as microscopic s
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . will befound on the shank of the front pairof legs, a little below the knee. Thereis a tense membrane or drum coveringan inner chamber in which are audi-tory rods connecting with the nervesof hearing and collecting impressionsfrom the vibrations of the drum. Inother Insects it is believed that thesense of hearing has its organ in theantennae. Ants and certain speciesof bees have in their antennas flask-shaped organs known as Hicks bottks (from their discoverer, BraxtonHicks), and Lubbock believed that they act as microscopic of the hairs on the wonderful of tlie male mosquitoand gnat have been proved to respond to the \il:)rati()ns of a tuningfork giving 512 vibrations to the S(>cond. Other hairs were found tovibrate to oth(M- notes, extending through tiic middle and next higher octaveof the piano. It was found that the hum of thr female mosquito was of justthe necessary pitch to set these hairs \ibrating. Mayer found tliat the song of 1 Musical Photo by] [E. Sep, A Grasshoppers Ear. Tho long-horned grasshoppers and the crickets carry their ears in theirfront legs. The photograph is from a South African species, and is fourtimes larger than the natural size. The position of the ear is indicatedbv the arrow.
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