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2. Cicada - Wikipedia

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   Males disable their own tympana while calling, thereby preventing damage to their hearing; [45] a necessity partly because some cicadas produce sounds up to 120 dB (SPL) [45] which is among the loudest of all insect-produced sounds. [46] The song is loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss in humans should the cicada be at "close range". In ...

3. List of insect-inspired songs - Wikipedia

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   The whole album, Songs for Swining Larvae, is inspired by insects. [9] There Ain't No Bugs On Me: Insects-general (Traditional folk song) (Traditional folk song) Unknown: Folk: There is a popular recording of this song by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman on the album, Not for Kids Only. Dog and Butterfly: Lepidoptera: Ann Wilson N/ancy Wilson ...

4. 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 ...

5. How do cicadas make their signature sound, so eerie and ... - AOL

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   The most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound — an eerie, amazingly loud song that gets in a person's ears and won't let much else in. “It ...

6. Why are 17-year cicadas so loud, and how do they make noise?

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   Here's why cicadas make so much noise and how they do it. Brood XIII 17-year cicadas mating in Lake Geneva, Wis., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Why do cicadas make noise?

7. Billions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare ‘double brood ...

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   This spring’s bugs are part of a genus, or group, of cicadas in the eastern US known as the Magicicada, or periodical cicadas. Three species emerge on a 17-year cycle, and four species are on a ...

8. Amphipsalta zelandica - Wikipedia

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   Amphipsalta zelandica Chorus cicada carved on pare on display at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection at Landcare Research, Auckland. 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.

9. Thopha saccata - Wikipedia

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   Male cicadas make a noise to attract females, which has been described as "the sound of summer". [16] The song of the double drummer is extremely loud—reportedly the loudest sound of any insect [17] —and can reach an earsplitting volume in excess of 120 dB if there are large numbers of double drummers at close range. [14] [18] Monotonous ...