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Video: Cicadas – Tiny Tymbals, Big Sound
Have you ever wanted to ask Cicadas why they’re so loud, but thought it would be Brood 2 ask? Biologist Kelly Rypkema ventures into the thick of the 2013 appearance of Periodical Cicadas to answer the questions of why, who, more »
Posted in Communication, Mating and Courtship, Spiders and Insects, Summer, Videos
Tagged 17 year cicada, 2013 cicada, Animals, Body parts of an insect, Brood II, cicada, cicada audio, cicada brood, cicada bug, Cicada life, cicada sound, Green News, How do cicadas sing, Insects, kelly rypkema, loud insect, loudest insect, Magicicada, Nature in a New York Minute, Nature in NYC, nature minute, Noise of animals, Tymbal, video, What are cicadas
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Cicada Calling Cards
Cicadas are starting their annual serenade for mates as we speak. Every night, new ones emerge from their underground homes, crawl their way up tree trunks or other vertical surfaces, and shed their old skins to start life as winged more »
Posted in News, Photos
Tagged annual cicada, cicada, exoskeleton, insect, locusts, mating call, molt, molting, summer
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