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
Make noise
Hunt for insects
Get eaten by predators
How do cicadas survive?
They hunt large animals.
There are too many of them for predators to kill them all.
They mate and create super hunting cicadas.
They eat bears, lions and tigers.
Which is TRUE about cicadas?
They are often dangerous to humans.
They come around every summer and are EVERYWHERE!
Animals will die if they eat cicadas.
Cicadas aren't really dangerous to humans.
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?
Trillions
Billions
Six or Seven
Millions
Is it safe for humans to eat cicadas?
Yes, and many people do!
Yes, but only if you cook them a very specific way!
Some are safe, but some are poisonous.
Never!
How do male cicadas get the female cicadas attention?
By buzzing softly underground.
By buzzing and vibrating loudly.
By dancing and doing Fortnite dances.
By silently creeping up and hugging them.
