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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. 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 ...

5. Cicadas emerging: footage of Brood XIX metamorphosis ... - AOL

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   Why do some cicadas appear white? Brood XIX cicadas are periodical cicadas, appearing as adults as black with red eyes and orange veins within their wings. Lengthwise, they are only around 1.5 inches.

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. Cicadas among 20 mesmerizing photos on National ... - AOL

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   Photojournalist John Stanmeyer photographed cicadas during this year's Brood XIX and Brood XIII emergence. Cicadas among 20 mesmerizing photos on National Geographic's 2024 'Pictures of the Year ...

8. Periodical cicadas - Wikipedia

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   The term periodical cicada is commonly used to refer to any of the seven species of the genus Magicicada of eastern North America, the 13- and 17-year cicadas. They are called periodical because nearly all individuals in a local population are developmentally synchronized and emerge in the same year.

9. 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.