The red garden ant (Myrmica rubra) builds its nests in the ground and we have already succeeded several times in recording its communication sounds. These are stridulation sounds that the ants produce with their mandibles and have a communicative purpose that has not yet been studied and understood.
Glevic Cambisol, grassland, semi intensive management, Integrated production
Mollic Cambisol, forest
Mollic Cambisol, forest Irchel
Mollic Cambisol, forest
Mollic Cambisol, forest Schaenis
Feeding noises in the ground
In this recording, gnawing/feeding noises recorded in the soil can be heard. The rhythmic gnawing makes these sounds identifiable, allowing pests in the root zone
Brown Podzol, Alpine meadow, grassland
Brown Podzol, Alpine meadow, grassland, extensive management, integrated production
Alpine meadow, Valais, Switzerland
Sounds and communication sounds of a diverse soil fauna in an extensively managed alpine meadow. Movement and feeding noises and, in particular, various virbation and