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?
Mate
Get eaten by predators
Hunt for insects
Make noise
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?
Cicadas aren't really dangerous to humans.
Animals will die if they eat cicadas.
They are often dangerous to humans.
They come around every summer and are EVERYWHERE!
What is the latest group of cicadas called?
Brood X (10)
Brood XR
Brood PS5
Brood Fortnite
How many cicadas do scientists think will come out this spring / summer?
Millions
Trillions
Six or Seven
Billions
Is it safe for humans to eat cicadas?
Some are safe, but some are poisonous.
Never!
Yes, and many people do!
Yes, but only if you cook them a very specific way!
How do male cicadas get the female cicadas attention?
By buzzing softly underground.
By silently creeping up and hugging them.
By dancing and doing Fortnite dances.
By buzzing and vibrating loudly.
