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