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  2. Cicada - Wikipedia

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    The song was recorded by Mercedes Sosa, among other Latin American musicians. In North America and Mexico, there is a well-known song, "La Cigarra" ("The Cicada"), written by Raymundo Perez Soto, which is a song in the Mariachi tradition, that romanticises the insect as a creature that sings until it dies. [94]

  3. Cicadidae - Wikipedia

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    Cicadidae, the true cicadas, [1] ... Brevisana brevis, the "shrill thorntree cicada", is the loudest insect in the world, able to produce a song that exceeds 100 ...

  4. Amphipsalta zelandica - Wikipedia

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    The song made by cicadas is the loudest noise made by any insect. Male chorus cicadas produce a communication song that is specific to their species, and so species can be identified by their song. A pulse group of their song is made up of five clicks where the central click (third click) is stronger than the two on either side of it.

  5. 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.

  6. Cicadas in mythology - Wikipedia

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    Cicadas have been prized as a delicacy, [1] and are famed throughout the world for their song. The cicada is an animal replete with symbolism: recurring themes are resurrection, immortality, spiritual realization and spiritual ecstasy.

  7. Bug haters, beware: After 200 years, the cicadas are here by ...

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    This year is expected to be one for the record books. Brood XIII, which appears every 17 years, and Brood XIX, on a 13-year cycle, will coincide for the first time in over 200 years.

  8. Magicicada cassini - Wikipedia

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    At the end of a chorus, males move to a new perch before starting the song again. After mating, the females insert their ovipositors into shoots and lay their eggs. These hatch about two months later and the first instar nymphs drop to the ground where they move underground and suck xylem sap from small rootlets.

  9. Magicicada septendecim - Wikipedia

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    Its mating call is a high-pitched song said to resemble someone calling "weeeee-whoa" or "Pharaoh", [5] features it shares with the newly discovered 13-year species Magicicada neotredecim. [ 6 ] Because of similarities between M. septendecim and the two closely related 13-year species M. neotredecim and M. tredecim , the three species are often ...