This review discusses body size and mass as they relate to the Orthoptera (crickets,
katydids, grasshoppers) and the Phasmatodea (walkingsticks). It addresses the expression …

Highlights•We tested the effect of male density* female age on female mate choice in field
crickets.•We measured female choosiness as the time spent near a low-quality …

Acoustic communication is one of the most well-known behavioural traits of the Orthoptera.
Orthopteran insects and the sounds they produce are both extremely diverse, and species …

This paper examines the relationships between male body size, spermatophore size, and
number of sperm per spermatophore, in four cricket species: Teleogryllus commodus …

Females of various animal taxa benefit from mating with large males, and size is often
communicated through different signal modalities. In male house crickets, Acheta …

Organisms often exhibit behavioral plasticity in response to changes in factors, such as
predation risk, mate density, and age. Particularly, female mate choosiness (the strength of …

Females of the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus invest much more in the offspring than
do males. As a consequence, females are the more selective sex and exert a sexual …

Urbanisation impacts biodiversity tremendously, but a few species can still tolerate the harsh
conditions of urban habitats. Studies regarding the impact of urbanisation on the …

Whereas some authors have proposed that sexual dimorphism in the immune response is
fixed, others pose that it is dynamic and depends on diet. The aim of the present study was …

Among crickets and katydids calling carrier frequency is often inversely related to body size.
Within species, this relationship is so far found consistently for species employing …