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2. Cicadidae - Wikipedia

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   Cicadas are known for the loud airborne sounds that males of most species make to attract mates. One member of this family, Brevisana brevis , the "shrill thorntree cicada", is the loudest insect in the world, able to produce a song that exceeds 100 decibels. [ 6 ]

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. Abricta - Wikipedia

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   Abricta is a genus of cicada found in Réunion, Mauritius, northeastern India, the Moluccas, New Caledonia and eastern Australia. They make a distinctive hissing sound when calling. Adult members of the genus usually face downwards on tree branches, and lay their eggs in living tissue. The genus was originally described by Carl Stål.

5. Map shows where billions of cicadas will soon emerge in the US

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   Any day now, two massive broods of cicadas will emerge from the ground in a double emergence event that hasn’t happened in over 200 years. Billions — maybe even trillions — of these insects ...

6. Where are the cicadas? Use this interactive map to find ... - AOL

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   2024 is the year of the cicada broods. This year two broods of the screaming insects are expects to emerge. Find out where with this interactive map.

7. How rare is a blue-eyed cicada? And why are some cicadas white?

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   A 4-year-old boy in Wheaton, Illinois, found a blue-eyed cicada in his yard, according to Smithsonian magazine. The family ultimately donated the insect to the Field Museum in Chicago.

8. Brevisiana brevis - Wikipedia

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   Brevisana brevis, known as the shrill thorntree cicada, is a cicada found in Africa and is likely the loudest insect on record. It has been recorded producing sounds with pressure levels of 106.7 decibels at a distance of 50 cm. [1] [2] Brevisana brevis is found in the African countries Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Malawi. [3]

9. Thopha saccata - Wikipedia

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   Thopha saccata, the double drummer, is the largest Australian species of cicada and reputedly the loudest insect in the world. Documented by the Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803, it was the first described and named cicada native to Australia. Its common name comes from the large dark red-brown sac-like pockets that the adult ...