Non-Reproductive: The behavior of free-roaming hypnotist crickets is largely identical to that of the common brown cricket, prompting questions about this apparent exception to the competitive exclusion principle. The leading theory is that the two species are niche partitioning in an as of yet undiscovered way. Siren-bound crickets on the other hand fill their days with two activities, feeding and singing, often simultaneously. The song of the hypnotist cricket rarely ceases, and largely only do so to mate, defecate, or leave the nest. 

To keep the cramped living quarters clean, hypnotist crickets defecate on the rim of the residency chamber and kick the frass into the digestive pool of the central chamber below. If the crickets detect vibrations emanating from the central chamber they will defecate further away from the rim, wait until the source of said vibrations succumbs to the digestive acid, and then dispose of the waste as normal.