Question

From which of its body part does a cricket detect sounds?
a) stomach
b) knees
c) head​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The hearing organs of the silicon cricket detect sound vibrations and their direction via chordotonal organs called stretch receptors.

Answer 2

Answer:

b) Knees is the correct answer.

Explanation:

• Crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts all have knee-ears, just a fraction of millimeters in length, and are among the smallest ear found.

• Cricket has a pair of tympanal organs or tympanic membranes or eardrum present on their knees along with 2 other structures known as:-

1. AV or Acoustic valves, a fluid-filled tube that consists of a line of sensitive cells known as Crista acustica which is used for analyzing frequencies.
2. Tympanal Plate, it connects the AV to each eardrum or tympanic membrane. It also vibrates along with the eardrum.