Researchers have tested the bite force of hundreds of insects and found that the raspy cricket chomps down with 1200 times more force than the wasp with the weakest bite
Life 11 February 2022
By Carissa Wong
The raspy cricket’s bite packs the biggest punch
University of Bonn in Germany
The raspy cricket is the champion of chomp. Found in the rainforests of north-eastern Australia, this cricket has the strongest bite of around 650 insect species collected from four continents. Their bite strengths have been recorded in the largest ever database of such data, which could aid future research into the evolution of bite forces and their role in mating, feeding and fighting.
“I was initially surprised by the raspy cricket. I would have expected that maybe predators are the strongest biters rather …
