Male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It required a considerable effort on the thranx's part not to stridulate wildly as he entered. From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
When disturbed by a would be attacker the caterpillars stridulate by rubbing their mouth parts together, creating broadband chirps spanning from 3.7-55.1 kHz. From Wordnik.com. [Caterpillars Utilize Sound and Stench As Defense | Impact Lab] Reference
Many insects stridulate by rubbing together specially modified parts of their hard integuments. From Wordnik.com. [The expression of the emotions in man and animals] Reference
I then removed the antennæ of the male, and again made the female stridulate; the male heard her, and at once crawled toward her, although his antennæ were entirely removed. From Wordnik.com. [The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals] Reference
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