The water boatman is pound for pound the noisiest animal on the planet.

Water boatman sound. Loud and proud. Its less than half a centimeter long but make a noise of 992 decibels. How much time will it take to reach a diver inside the water at the same depth.

Until that is you realise it makes the loudest. There is at least another one insect producing sound with its genitalia. Eggs are usually deposited on underwater vegetation.

For its size 2mm this aquatic bug is one of the loudest sound producers in the animal kingdom Posted by Richard Ranft The British Library on 09012012 210300 Micronecta scholtzi meridionalis. The scientific term for the chirping sound made by lesser water boatman species is called stridulating. Writer Paul Evans accompanies sound recordist Tom Lawrence on a journey in sound across Pollardstown Fen to hear an extraordinary underwater orchestra.

Velocity of sound in air 330 ms 1 Velocity of sound in water 1450 ms 1. Males can synchronize their calls generating a chorus. The creatures which are around three quarters of an inch in size and swim upside down using two long legs like oar paddles produce 992 decibels of noise the equivalent of listening to an.

A sound made on the surface of a lake takes 3 s to reach a boatman. A freight train is about. How loud is a water boatman.

Water Boatman - Corixidae. They do this from the bottom by scrubbing its own penis against its abdomen ridges. To produce the intense sound the water boatmen stridulate by rubbing a ridge on their penis across the ridged surface of their abdomen.