Sentences with phrase «evening cicada»

«Evening cicadas cry when it's dark out, regardless of what time of day it actually is.People tend to think it's the end of summer when they hear the cry of evening cicadas.

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Most of my summer holidays as a child were spent in Florida, I loved everything about it, the sun, the breathtaking beaches, the food, the smell of suncream, the noise of the cicadas in the evening, even the torrential rain.

«An extreme climatic stimulus might cue large numbers of cicadas to shift, perhaps even enough to satiate predators,» Cooley and colleagues wrote in a 2003 essay on climate shifts and periodical cicada life cycles.

Climate might move even faster than the cicadas, Cooley said.

«Our hypothesis is, frankly, hard to believe, even by us, if for no other reason because we know of no mechanism to explain how cicada emergences could be driving a cycle in the birds that is so long — 13 or 17 years,» Koenig says.

Others have suggested these cycles may help periodical cicadas avoid predators or parasites that have shorter, even - numbered life cycles, but no strong evidence exists in support of these ideas either.

«Cicada larvae emerge from the ground in the evening and molt on trees, leaving behind empty shells.

With evenings lit by fireflies and flaming torches, amidst a background of singing cicadas, it was so stunning I didn't want to leave.

A good example: last summer the visitor's center — and even some artworks — was covered in a veil of cicadas.