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Post by bluemingidiot on Jan 20, 2024 15:35:58 GMT
"The cicadas are coming — and if you’re in the Midwest or the Southeast, they will be more plentiful than ever. Or at least since the Louisiana Purchase.
This spring, for the first time since 1803, two cicada groups known as Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, and Brood XIII, or the Northern Illinois Brood, are set to appear at the same time, in what is known as a dual emergence.
'Nobody alive today will see it happen again,' said Floyd W. Shockley, an entomologist and collections manager at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 'That’s really rather humbling.'”
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Post by Maura on Jan 20, 2024 16:47:01 GMT
Why are cicadas called Katy dids?
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Post by Tallpines on Jan 20, 2024 19:06:18 GMT
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jan 20, 2024 19:29:56 GMT
Why are cicadas called Katy dids? Blame Katy. Actually they are different critters. The katydid derives its name from the male's repetitive call, which has been phoneticized as “katydid, katy-didn't.” Katydids have a svelte, green leaf-like appearance and don’t resemble stocky cicadas. Katydids live in trees as cicadas do, but are largely nocturnal singers, which is why the sounds you hear at night may come from them instead of cicadas. Cicadas are mostly active during the day. There’s a reason why cicadas and katydids can sometimes get confused for each other, at least in sound. Cicadas, which are also known colloquially as locusts, come from the same order as grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids. One of the defining features of the cicadas’ song is the sheer volume of their singing, which can reach as much as 100 decibels and can sound akin to a lawnmower, dirt bike, or tractor. Katydids’ song is slightly more high-pitched and staccato. They have a slightly more chirpy sound than the roar of cicadas. |
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jan 20, 2024 19:37:12 GMT
'Nobody alive today will see it happen again,' said Floyd W. Shockley, an entomologist and collections manager at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 'That’s really rather humbling! Would have been more appropriate if the expert had said, 'Nobody alive today will hear it happen again.' And many would be just as happy and unhumbled. |
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Post by Maura on Jan 21, 2024 18:29:51 GMT
Thank you, Blooming. My mother always called the Katydids. I couldn't figure out how one word was derived from the other.
I've never eaten a cicada, but I don't mind.
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jan 27, 2024 4:13:17 GMT
13-year Brood XIX and 17-year Brood XIII do not overlap to any significant extent. They may co-occur in patches of woods, but these patches will be small in size. cicadas.uconn.edu/ |
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