# Wanted for sci: Coniontis vibrations

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wanted-for-sci-coniontis-vibrations/15919>\
**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wanted-for-sci-coniontis-vibrations/15919 "2020-09-02T15:37:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![coniontises](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/coniontises/32/24854_2.png) [@coniontises](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/coniontises)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wanted-for-sci-coniontis-vibrations/15919/1 "2020-09-02T15:37:50Z")

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Hi all,

I am conducting an investigation on the abdominal vibration behavior of _Coniontis_, _Eusattus,_ and possibly other members of the Coniontini (it is unclear whether _Coelus_ and the rarely seen _Conisattus_ vibrate) present in the US and Canada.

If you see or think you see a specimen vibrating rapidly, I would appreciate it if you took a GIF or Youtube video, attached it to your iNat observation, and @-ed me. Note that many coniontines only vibrate occasionally, so you may have to watch them for considerable periods of time before you see one doing so.

Audio recordings are fine too; however, since the sound a vibrating coniontine makes varies depending on what object it is under, and on certain substrates no sound is produced at all, I strongly prefer visual recordings. I cannot accept dead specimens in the mail for dissection/keying though. You are welcome to post your nonliving Coniontini on iNat, but due to severe taxonomic difficulties within _Coniontis_ it is currently impossible to ID either living or dead specimens past genus for the most part.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![emjtca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/emjtca/32/1293_2.png) [@emjtca](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/emjtca)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wanted-for-sci-coniontis-vibrations/15919/2 "2020-09-02T17:48:57Z")

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No promises on return, but I will try to keep an eye out for them!

You might also ask the top observers specifically? [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon\_id=465080&place\_id=&preferred\_place\_id=&locale=en&view=observers](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=465080&place_id=&preferred_place_id=&locale=en&view=observers)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wanted-for-sci-coniontis-vibrations/15919/3 "2020-11-01T17:49:02Z")

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