stanislas Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 My Panesthia angustipennis angustipennis males are very noisy! Once in a while one of them comes to the surface and starts making noise by hammerings with its abdomen on a piece of wood. The wood and the enclosure kind of resonates and enhances the noise. I manages to make an audio recording with my audio recorder (see attachement). There is a lot of bass to hear (it's a decent recorder), and it gives a good idea what I have to endure here I', pretty sure this is a way to attract females. My question: has anyone observed a similar thing? 20200308_Panesthia angustipennis angustipennis.mp3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 That's really cool, I've never heard of this behavior in this genus, definitely sounds like a way to attract females! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varnon Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Very interesting. Time to automate data collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromphadorhini Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I regularly observed this in all species of this genus that I had, including Panesthia a. angustipennis. Indeed, this is a demonstration of the sexual behavior of males and it is typical for the genus Panesthia, and it is possible that for the entire subfamily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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