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Bug Bytes

Richard Mankin

A zip file of the .wav files in pages 1 and 2 has been deposited at:

https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/bug-bytes-sound-library-stored-product-insect-pest-sounds/resource/ff1b1ed6-5597-4494-be21-7205122dae63#{}

The sounds of crickets courting and flies flying familiar to many of us, but have you heard a rice weevil larva eating inside a wheat kernel, a termite cutting a piece of wood, or a grub chewing on a root?  Modern insect detection and control technology makes use of these subtle signals, sampled below.
Most of the sound files in the several pages of this library were selected from noise-free sections of recorded signal, but you can hear some typical background noises mixed with insect sounds at I below.  The insect sounds have higher frequencies and shorter durations that make them relatively easy to separate from background (see discussion in .pdf icon). Several different methods have been developed to identify sounds of particular insect species, and at least one author ( .pdf icon )  has tested a method against multiple signals below.

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Note:  This page contains links to sound ( .wav files icon or .wav) files, and accompanying information in Link to Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files as well as links to pictures or other information about each species in the Encyclopedia of Life  Encyclopedia of Life symbol or Featured Creatures Featured Creatures symbol.

 Some of the sounds are low in intensity, and it may be necessary to turn up the speaker volume to hear them.  Also, many sound players like to deemphasize low frequencies.  If your player has an equalizer and you can't hear the sounds, turn up the frequencies between 600 and 1500 Hz.

If the sound does not play well over the internet,  you can right click on the file, and then click Save Target As  to download the file to your desktop or elsewhere on your computer, where it may play better.

Coolest Top 6:
(my choice, let me know yours)
Cotesia marginiventris (Braconid parasitoid calling song)
Bactrocera tyroni (Queensland fruit fly calling song)
Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
Solenopsis invicta (Fire ant stridulation)
Drepanotermes (Australian termites, headbanging)
Diaphorina citri (duetting calls of males and females in a cluster)

Below: Cornelius Dunmore and Katrina Hutchinson 
performing digital signal analysis of stored product insect pest sounds. Cornelius Dunmore and Katrina Hutchinson analyzing insect sounds

Subject Index:

A. Stored product and household pest insect movement and feeding sounds
B. Movement and feeding sounds of soil invertebrates
C. Defensive stridulation by soil insects (dung beetles)
D. Movement and feeding sounds of insects in wood.  Termite head-banging
E. Movement and feeding sounds of insects in plants
F. Buzzing of fruit flies, butterflies, moths, and mosquitoes, stink bug, and Rhopalid  communication
G. Fire ants, phorid flies, and their interactions
H. Cricket, katydid, and cicada sounds, including underground sounds of immature crickets
I. Examples to distinguish insect sounds from background noise
More sounds: Iowa State Entomology Index
      Species Index:
Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) link to Aedes albopictus in Encyclopedia of Life
Aedes taeniorynchus (salt marsh mosquito) link to Aedes taeniorhynchus in Encyclopedia of Life
Anastrepha suspensa (Caribbean fruit fly)  link to Anastrepha suspensa in Featured Creatures link to Anastrepha suspensa in Encyclopedia of Life
Anoplophora glabripennis  (Asian longhorned beetle) link to Anoplophora glabripennis in Encyclopedia of Life
Antitrogus parvulus (Childers grub) 
Apocnemidophorus pipitzi (Brazilian peppertree stem borer ) link to Brazilian peppertree weevil at UF
Bactrocera tyroni (Queensland fruit fly) link to Bactrocera tryoni in Encyclopedia of Life
Blattella germanica (German cockroach) link to Blattella germanica in Encyclopedia of Life
Buprestid spp.  (larva in oak branch)
Camponotus denticulatus (Australian ant) link to Camponotus in Encyclopedia of Life
Cephus cinctus (Wheat stem sawfly) link to Cephus cinctus in Encyclopedia of Life
Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) link to Ceratitis capitata in Featured Creatures  link to eol.org
Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan termite) link to coptotermes formosanus in encyclopedia of life
Cotesia marginiventris (Braconid parasitoid) link to eol.org
Cryptotermes or Incisitermes (Drywood termite)  link to eol.org
Delia antiqua (Onion fly) link to Delia antiqua info
Dendroctonus valens (red turpentine beetle) link to Delia antiqua info
Dermolepida albohirtum (greyback cane grub)
Diaphorina citri (Asian citrius psyllid) link to Diaphorina citri in Featured Creatures  link to Diaphorina citri info
Diaprepes abbreviatus (Diaprepes root weevil)  link to Diaphorina citri in Featured Creatures
Drepanotermes (Australian termites)
Euschistus servus (brown stink bug) link to Euschistus servus in Featured Creatures link to Euschistus servus
Euzophera magnolialis (Magnolia root borer)  link to Euzophera magnolialis
Ensifera (Crickets and katydids, adults and underground immatures)
Gastropoda (snails) underground link to Gastropoda
Geotrupes egeriei (Dung beetle) defensive stridulation
Heliconius cydno alithea (Heliconid butterfly) adult and pupa link to Heliconius cydno
Hylobius abietes (pine weevil) link to Hylobius abietes
Hylotrupes bajulus (Old house borer) link to Hylotrupes bajulus
Jadera haematoloma (soapberry bug) link to Jadera haematoloma
Leptogenys kitteli (ants) stridulations
Lumbricidae (Earthworms) link to Lumbricidae
Mallodon dasystomus
Monochamus titillator (Southern pine sawyer) link to Monochamus titillator
Musca domesticus (housefly) link to Musca domestica in Featured Creatures link to Musca domestica
Nezara viridula (Southern green stink bug) link to Nezara viridula in Featured Creatures link to Nezara viridula
Oryctes rhinoceros (Coconut rhinoceros beetle) stridulation link to coconut rhinoceros beetl stridulation
Oryctes elegans (Rhinoceros beetle) larval movement link to rhinoceros beetle larval sounds
Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Black vine weevil) link to black vine weevil sounds
Peltotrupes profundus (Dung beetle) defensive stridulation
Phyllophaga (White grub)
Plodia interpunctella (Indian meal moth) adults and larvae
Polyphylla spp. (June beetle)
Prostephanus truncatus larvae and adults
Pseudacteon tricuspis (Phorid fly)
Reticulitermes flavipe (Eastern subterranean termite) link to Reticulitermes flavipes sounds
Reticulitermes virginicus (termite)
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) link to red palm weevil
Rhynchophorus cruentatus (palmetto weevil) link to Nezara viridula in Featured Creatures
Scapteriscus vicinus (Mole cricket) link to mole cricket article in Featured Creatures
Sitophilus oryzae (Rice weevil)
Sitophilus zeamais (maize weevil) larvae and adults
Solenopsis invicta (Fire ant) link to fire ants article in Featured Creatures

section demarcation line

A.  Stored Product Insect movement and feeding sounds recorded for insect detection and monitoring studies
(the sound quality differences that you hear are caused by differences in the spectral ranges of the sensors).

A.1. link to dfaccs11.wavPlodia interpunctella larvae in dry dog food [1147 kb, 30 s] recorded with Bruel and Kjaer accelerometer.
A.2. link to piezimm1.wav Individual Plodia interpunctella larva in dry dog food [489 kB, 10 s] recorded with piezoelectric disk sensor.
A.3. link to pvdfrw1.wavSitophilus oryzae larvae (17-18 d old) in wheat kernels [489 kB, 10 s] recorded with PVDF film sensor.
A.4. link to accelrw.wavSitophilus oryzae larvae (16-17 d old) in wheat kernels [489 kB, 10 s] recorded with Bruel and Kjaer accelerometer.
A.5. link to w40khzrw1.wavSitophilus oryzae larvae (16-17 d old) in wheat kernels [489 kB, 10 s] recorded with 40 kHz ultrasonic sensor.
A.6. link to w30khzrw1.wavSitophilus oryzae larvae (17-18 d old) in wheat kernels [977 kB, 10 s] recorded with 30 kHz ultrasonic sensor.
A.7. link to piezorw1.wavSitophilus oryzae larvae (16-17 d old) in wheat kernels [977 kB, 10 s] recorded with piezoelectric disk sensor.
A.8.  link to piezorw1.wav Sitophilus zeamais larvae in maize [817 kB, 11 s] recorded with microphone.
A.9.  link to piezorw1.wav Sitophilus zeamais adults in maize [731 kB, 10 s] recorded with microphone.
A.10. link to piezorw1.wavProstephanus truncatus larvae in maize [727 kB, 10 s] recorded with microphone.
A.11 link to piezorw1.wavProstephanus truncatus adults in maize [822 kB, 11 s] recorded with microphone.
A.12. link to roachmoves_m54524.wav roach stepsBlattella germanica (German cockroach adult male  [692 kB, 35 s] scurrying in a small arena, recorded with small microphone.

B.  Movement and feeding sounds of soil invertebrates:

For #'s B.1-3 see also:  Web Page by Phil Stansly, Biology of Diaprepes abbreviatus

B.1. link to diaplab.wavDiaprepes abbreviatus larvae feeding on citrus stock in a 1-gallon pot  [1,465 kB, 30 s]
B.2. Link to diapfld.wavDiaprepes abbreviatus larvae feeding on orange tree roots in a grove  [641 kB, 12.8 s] (see .pdf icon [2209 kB] )
B.3. link to /diaprep1.wavRecording under different orange tree in same grove    [489 kB, 9.8 s]

link to grubsnd.wav

 

Link to jee-94-1452

 

link to unid5ed.wav

 

 

(See Zhang et al. 2003)Link to Zhang et al., JEE 96, 1704 (2003)


B.4.c.and B.4.d.  Two simultaneous recordings by Minling Zhang of a series
        of (6) sound pulses recorded from microphones inserted into soil near a white grub
        (Phyllophaga).  The series begins at ca. 8.8 s after the beginning of each recording
        and lasts for 1.5 s.  Other sounds also are present in the recordings.  [769 kB, 16 s]. Additional information

B.5. link to mpt1s1magnoliarootborer.wavEuzophera magnolialis Capps recorded in soil under magnolia tree.
       (Assisted by Gary Leibee) For more information about Magnolia root borer
       , see Leibee G. L. 1992.  Unearthing the magnolia menace.  American Nurseryman, January 1992, pp. 70-74 [489 kB, 9.8 s].

link to polyphylla.wav

AED-2000

link to molcrik1.wav

Jamee Brandhorst-Hubbard

link to /molcrik1.wav

Web Site

link to worm1.wav

          B.10.    Early-instar Rhynchophorus ferrugineus larvae recorded in Aruba with AED-2000 by Nathan Herrick
                                 (3 larvae in a Phoenix canariensis palm frond)    link to largeinfest.wav  [937 kB 10 s].

          More Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) and R. cruentatus (palmetto weevil) sounds.

        B.11. link to bvws22-2.wavOtiorhynchus sulcatus (black vine weevil) larvae in 1-gal. pot with yew tree,recorded with accelerometer [489 kB, 10   s].

More

 

        B.12. Link to greybackgrubt4.wavDermolepida albohirtum larvae (greyback grubs) feeding on sugarcane in a field near Mackay, Australia, recorded with an
                   accelerometer (assistance from Peter Samson)  [1492 kB, 17 s].
        B.13. Link to childersprj11t03.wavAntitrogus parvulus larvae (Childers grubs) feeding on sugarcane in a field near Bundaberg, Australia, recorded with an
                  accelerometer (assistance from Keith Chandler)  [828 kB, 9 s].
        B.14. link to worm1.wavLumbricidae spp. (earthworms) recorded in soil from a forage grass field
                  using an accelerometer [489 kB 9.8 s].
        B.15. link to worm1.wavGastropoda spp. (snails) recorded with an accelerometer in a container with a grape vine.

 

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