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
Hunt for insects
Get eaten by predators
Make noise
How do cicadas survive?
They hunt large animals.
They eat bears, lions and tigers.
There are too many of them for predators to kill them all.
They mate and create super hunting cicadas.
Which is TRUE about cicadas?
Animals will die if they eat cicadas.
They are often dangerous to humans.
Cicadas aren't really 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 Fortnite
Brood PS5
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?
Yes, but only if you cook them a very specific way!
Never!
Yes, and many people do!
Some are safe, but some are poisonous.
How do male cicadas get the female cicadas attention?
By silently creeping up and hugging them.
By buzzing and vibrating loudly.
By dancing and doing Fortnite dances.
By buzzing softly underground.
