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GrrlScientist โง– โ“‹ Feb 13

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a

GrrlScientist โง– โ“‹ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 13

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a

GrrlScientist โง– โ“‹ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 13

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a

Thomas WhittonFeb 12
TIL our landcare contractors (Sunny Coast Council grants) use noise cancelling earbuds, when working in the territory of "razor grinder" #cicadas #sunshineCoast
Show threadThomas WhittonFeb 3
@mativity sense of connection with nature, meditating, when rising sound waves from massed razor grinder #cicadas gets inside your skull and rattles your brain.
Stephen CollinsDec 24

The sound of summer (and Christmas in Australia).

#bushlife #Cicadas

HeliographDec 20
the #cicadas are at it again ๐ŸŽป๐ŸŽป๐ŸŽป๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ“ข #soundofsummer
HeliographDec 18
it's not even 8am and almost 30ยฐC and the #cicadas are already heavily involved in raunchy lovesongs ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ’Œ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—
HeliographDec 12
#cicadas are also preparing for the holidays it seems ๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ— loudly ๐Ÿ˜†