Do Crickets Hear Through Their Knees?

Do Crickets Hear Through Their Knees? Grasshoppers, crickets and locusts all have knee-ears that, at just a fraction of a millimetre long, are among the tiniest ears in the animal kingdom. … The scans revealed a pair of eardrums (or tympanal membranes) on each knee. Why do crickets have spikes on their legs? Unlike other