See the Action!
Happy Independence Day!
Where the action happened over night!
Then Randy climbed to the top. Notice that at this point that he still doesn’t have the Z on his wings.
Randy is a Resh Cicada (Megatibicen resh). This species is not the loudest to sing in the summer for us in the US. But at 105.9 decibels (dB) they are loud! What is the loudest cicada?
Finally thank you to Wes for finding Randy and Paula for helping with the camera setup!
General Periodical Cicada Information
47 Million Years Old: Oldest True Cicada Unearthed in Europe
Celebrating the Fourth of July
How do fireworks get their beautiful colors?
Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it.
Keep looking!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
You did a great job capturing your beautiful new singing friend!!
Thanks for the very educational history links from jstor on this holiday weekend. It’s so important to know how complex everything is.
Randy has not let out a single note yet. I will let him go in a day or so but hoping he sings before then.
What does Randy eat? Really cool videos. Thanks to you and Paula.
It use to be thought the adults didn’t eat or very little, but now they have found they eat sap. Do Adult Periodical Cicadas Actually Eat? https://entomologytoday.org/2023/10/20/adult-periodical-cicadas-eat-plants-gut-content-analysis/#:~:text=But%20many%20have%20often%20disagreed%20about%20whether%2C,tracts%20that%20are%20notoriously%20difficult%20to%20dissect.
Cicada explosion better than fireworks!
It really was !
I’m convinced these are the inspiration for the design of many alien creatures in m movies.