Spotlight Specimen: Singing Cicadas @morethanadodo
Spotlight Specimen: Singing Cicadas  @morethanadodo
Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Anyone walking on a summer day in hot places such as the Mediterranean or the tropics will have heard cicadas singing. Cicadas actually are among the loudest of all animals, singing at up to 120 dB – as loud as a passing freight train.

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Spotlight Specimen: Singing Cicadas

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