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  2. Are cicadas locusts? What's the difference and will they be ...

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    The theory is that the huge numbers of cicadas reminded early colonists — as far back as the 1600s — of the biblical plague of locusts in Exodus, so they called them locusts. Some have ...

  3. Cicada - Wikipedia

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    Cicada nymphs drink sap from the xylem of various species of trees, including oak, cypress, willow, ash, and maple. While common folklore indicates that adults do not eat, they actually do drink plant sap using their sucking mouthparts. [58] [59] Cicadas excrete fluid in streams of droplets due to their high volume consumption of xylem sap. [60]

  4. Here's what 'Cicadageddon 2024' will sound like, and ... - AOL

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    Cicadas don't cause the same level of destruction as locusts. Although large swarms of cicadas can damage young trees as the insects lay their eggs in branches, larger trees can usually withstand ...

  5. Tettigoniidae - Wikipedia

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    Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) [1] or bush crickets. [2] They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers ". [ 3 ] More than 8,000 species are known. [ 1 ]

  6. Mormon cricket - Wikipedia

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    Anabrus is a genus in the shield-backed katydid subfamily in the Tettigoniidae family, commonly called katydids, bush crickets, and previously "long-horned grasshoppers." Its common name, "Mormon cricket," is a misnomer: true crickets are of the family Gryllidae.

  7. The Next Big Buzz: 14 Things You Didn't Know About Cicadas - AOL

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    Swarm Regards. More than 1 billion and possibly as many as trillions of cicadas will soon be emerging from their Rip Van Winkle-like slumber and pretty much take over more than a dozen U.S. states ...

  8. Cicadidae - Wikipedia

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    Male cicadas can produce four types of acoustic signals: songs, calls, low-amplitude songs, and disturbance sounds. [7] Unlike members of the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids), who use stridulation to produce sounds, members of Cicadidae produce sounds using a pair of tymbals, which are modified membranes located on the ...

  9. Orthoptera - Wikipedia

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    The tympanum, or ear, is located in the front tibia in crickets, mole crickets, and bush crickets or katydids, and on the first abdominal segment in the grasshoppers and locusts. [2] These organisms use vibrations to locate other individuals. Grasshoppers and other orthopterans are able to fold their wings (i.e. they are members of Neoptera).