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Re: singing spiders!

Subject: Re: singing spiders!
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:24:34 -0700
Spiders, like the ants we've recorded, were captured about 12 years
ago with a pair of Sony ECM 55 lavaliere mics.

References to the anemone recordings can be found on pages 39, 63,
and, especially, 97 in my new book, "Wild Soundscapes: Discovering
the Voice of the Natural World." (Wilderness Press).

Bernie

>!  I'm curious what method you used to capture the spider sound, Bernie
>-- without giving away and trade secrets of course... :)  And singing
>anemones? Can you describe this or is this in your book which I haven't
>gotten around to reading yet??
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>Cliff
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>On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 06:31 AM, Wild Sanctuary wrote:
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>>  I got that one a few years ago, Cliff, while recording in Madera
>>  Canyon (south of Tuscon about half way to Nogales). How's about
>>  anemones singing, though?
>>
>>  Bernie
>>
>>  >I just caught a really fascinating television program which among
>>  other
>>  >things documented the mating calls of the arizona jumping spider.  The
>>  >little beast makes sound by vibrating its abdomen and conducting the
>>  >sound through its two upraised front legs -- the sound consisted of a
>>  >number of short clicks followed by a low moaning sound.  Truly
>>  amazing!
>>  >   An intrepid researcher captured the sounds by attaching a
>>  phonograph
>>  >needle to the female, listening to the sound conducted through her
>>  >legs.  Anyone heard of this before?  I never knew spiders made a
>>  >peep........
>>  >
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