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common short-tailed cricket

Anurogryllus arboreus

image of Anurogryllus arboreus
Pulses per second plotted against ambient temperature for three closely related species of Anurogryllus.
[Fig. 1 from Walker 1973.]

At a given temperature, pulse rates for A. celerinictus and A. muticus are much higher than those for A. arboreus.