The cicadas are true insects, with over 3,000 species around the world. However, many species remain undescribed. Cicadas are found on all continents, except Antarctica, but are probably best known in North America because of the millions that emerge simultaneously from the ground every 13 or 17 years.
This year, Brood X is surfacing after 17 years underground. Of the millions of cicadas that make it to the surface and manage to not get eaten, the cicadas will mate, lay eggs, and die, all in two short months.
Why do these eight species, Magicicada or periodical cicadas, live 99.5 percent of their lives underground, only to exit en masse to the surface? How do they know to emerge at the 13th or 17th year? We know they don’t have calendars, and we’re pretty sure they don’t have a number system to count the years.
Listen now to learn more about Cicadas, a bug that can literally be so loud it can cause permeate hearing damage in humans.
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