Strongest insect bite: The raspy cricket has strongest bite force of 650 species

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



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11 February 2022

Raspy cricket

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 northeastern 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 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 than …