For Some Male Crickets, Silence Means Survival

This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. The article discusses how crickets on two Hawaiian islands have evolved wings that make them silent in response to parasitoid flies that locate male crickets via sound (and eat them from the inside out!). The crickets on Kauai and Oahu evolved completely different silent wing types, which is evidence that these two cricket populations evolved their silent wings independently.
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Direct Link: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40084/title/For-Some-Male-Crickets--Silence-Means-Survival/

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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 7
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Free account required
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: informational text, text complexity, evolution, natural selection, Hawaii, crickets, parasitoid, flatwing, mutation
Instructional Component Type(s): Text Resource
Resource Collection: STEM Reading Resources

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