A cricket sits on a worn wooden stoop, the photo is tinted purple
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Why Do Crickets Chirp?

Five fun facts about every frog’s favorite bug

Moriah Rivera-Lawrence
3 min readJul 23, 2020

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Crickets, often piping up near dusk and fading away near dawn, these jumpy little bugs are known for being loud. What makes them that way? We’ll explore the answer to that and more about crickets below!

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Moriah Rivera-Lawrence

An Oregonian writer and poet with a knack for the paintbrush and the camera.