The 2024 cicada emergence will be loud, but it will also bring some strange behavior from these insects.
Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news. Both 13-year and 17-year-old cicada broods are uprising simultaneously. An event like this happens once every 221 years and double broods like the ones emerging in the spring have not been seen since 1803.
found that understating how cicadas pee can help researchers unlock new details about fluid dynamics.excrete it as droplets As larger insects, it’s more energy-cost-effective to pee in a stream than in drops. Cicadas are the smallest animals to pee in streams. The findings might help researchers develop tech for soft robots, drug deliveries, and additive manufacturing.The Broods Could Sound like Sirens
The cicadas are so loud that their choruses can reach above 90 A-weighted decibels or as loud as a lawnmower. Still, periodical cicadas are not the most audible. The loudest cicadas are the African cicadas,Cicadas are NutritiousNo need to worry, cicadas are not dangerous and can actually be used in some cooking dishes. There is a misconception that they could harm gardens and crops, but this is untrue. This thought came fromfor other animals like turtles and birds.
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