True or False: Only male cicadas ("boys") make noise.
True!
Is it safe for animals to eat cicadas?
Yes!
Where do cicacas live before they come out in the spring / summer?
Underground
What is NOT something cicacas do when they emerge?
Make noise
Get eaten by predators
Mate
Hunt for insects
How do cicadas survive?
They hunt large animals.
They mate and create super hunting cicadas.
There are too many of them for predators to kill them all.
They eat bears, lions and tigers.
Which is TRUE about cicadas?
They are often dangerous to humans.
Animals will die if they eat cicadas.
They come around every summer and are EVERYWHERE!
Cicadas aren't really dangerous to humans.
What is the latest group of cicadas called?
Brood X (10)
Brood Fortnite
Brood PS5
Brood XR
How many cicadas do scientists think will come out this spring / summer?
Six or Seven
Trillions
Millions
Billions
Is it safe for humans to eat cicadas?
Yes, but only if you cook them a very specific way!
Yes, and many people do!
Never!
Some are safe, but some are poisonous.
How do male cicadas get the female cicadas attention?
By dancing and doing Fortnite dances.
By buzzing and vibrating loudly.
By silently creeping up and hugging them.
By buzzing softly underground.
