Bryan WrightA recently-emerged cicada, resting on a honeysuckle stem.
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬To climb trees, #cicadas look to the shadows
A shadow-sensing skill known as skototaxis helps cicadas find trees to molt on
Across dozens of recorded trajectories, the insects deviated only slightly from the most direct route. This hinges on the cicadas’ ability to detect dark shapes against paler backgrounds in the dim evening light. That cue guides the nymphs to the vertical surfaces they must climb to become winged adults.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cicadas-climb-trees-shadows
https://archive.ph/WOf9g
A shadow-sensing skill known as skototaxis helps cicadas find trees to molt on
Across dozens of recorded trajectories, the insects deviated only slightly from the most direct route. This hinges on the cicadas’ ability to detect dark shapes against paler backgrounds in the dim evening light. That cue guides the nymphs to the vertical surfaces they must climb to become winged adults.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cicadas-climb-trees-shadows
https://archive.ph/WOf9g
Every Day FictionRead SPIRIT ANIMAL • by Fiona Murray -- Humour / Satire -- #cicadas #FionaMurray #insects #neighbours https://everydayfiction.com/?p=24178
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GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 
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?"
#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦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?"
#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦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?"
#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a
Thomas WhittonTIL our landcare contractors (Sunny Coast Council grants) use noise cancelling earbuds, when working in the territory of "razor grinder" #cicadas #sunshineCoast
Stephen Collins