Download or read book Cicada Serenade written by Samantha Mina and published by . This book was released on 2025-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their song was majestic. Mesmerizing. I loved to lie spread-eagled in the grass beneath the speckled maples, listening to their hypnotic hum, feeling the buzz electrify my freckled skin, igniting the fuzzy blonde hairs on my lanky arms.It was May 2038 and the pharaoh-cicadas were sprouting all across the Eastern United States for the first time in seventeen years. It was astounding to think that these tomato-eyed, jewel-winged, dopey-flying, outspoken little critters were older than me. For all but the last six weeks of their lives, they tunneled underground as tiny nymphs, feeding on root sap. Then, suddenly, in the spring of their seventeenth year, when the soil-temperature reached sixty-four degrees, they surfaced all at once, by the millions, to sing, mate and die, in rapid succession. It was wonderfully-tragic in a sort of Shakespearean way, how suddenly their lives blossomed then ceased. They spent nearly two decades waiting in the dark, not only silent and blind but virtually alone, for a mere blink of glory at the end--for a single season in the sun, spreading their orange-laced wings, singing louder than lawnmowers, mating monogamously, laying eggs in the treetops? then, dropping dead, falling to the bases of the same saplings that provided their sustenance, giving their bodies back to the soil from which they emerged, fertilizing their home-base for the next generation. How beautifully heartbreaking it was, yet poignant with purpose. Cicadas never had to wonder what their goals were--it was wired in their instincts. Cicadas didn't have to worry about dating and breaking up repeatedly, until your heart was nothing but bleeding carnage in the dirt. Their paths were simple, clear, obvious. They were guaranteed to find their soulmate in a timely fashion, without the painful rigmarole that plagued my high-school. Courting was straightforward for them: males sang their one-hundred-decibel chorus, interested females would flick their wings in consent, and that was that--they were a couple. While some cicadas mated more than once, roughly ninety percent stayed loyal to their one true love. It was a real-live Hallmark movie.It was this shy, sixteen-year-old, eleventh-grade musician's dream.
Download or read book Cicadas Serenade written by Antonio Eramo and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cicadas Serenade is a poetry collection of unparalleled suffering and beauty. Strong themes, such as dysphoria and sin are explored alongside transcendental and romantic notions. Throughout this collection, the limits of form are pushed in tandem with the sanity of the poet. If you are a student of poetry, this collection is a must have.
Download or read book The Periodical Cicada written by C. L. Marlatt and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cicadas written by Christina Leaf and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last insect to need a megaphone would be a cicada. No bug is louder than a male cicada buzzing for a female! This title shouts cool cicada facts at kids, including that cicada noisemakers are called tymbals and that nymphs can stay underground for up to 17 years!
Download or read book Cicadas written by Linda Buellis and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-16 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there’s one bug known for living underground, it’s cicadas! Some species of cicadas spend most of their lives below ground, only emerging once every 13 to 17 years. In this volume, readers go underground to learn more about this unique insect. They’ll learn facts about the cicada’s life cycle, behavior, physical characteristics, and the important role it plays in its ecosystem. Readers will even learn about the cicada’s identifying “song.” Through information-rich text, fact boxes, and highly detailed photographs, this text puts a high-interest twist on the important science concepts covered in the classroom.
Download or read book Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World written by Marshall Cavendish Corporation and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2001 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference encyclopedia providing information on endangered wildlife and plants throughout the world.
Download or read book Cicadas written by Laurence Pringle and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Definitely the best cicada book for kids. Adults will appreciate it as well, as it is well written, factually accurate, and beautifully illustrated." —Cicadamania.com Discover why cicadas are all the buzz in the most complete, comprehensive book for kids about these noisy but harmless insects. Every year, annual cicadas emerge and pierce the air with their buzzing calls. Also every year, at least one brood of 13 or 17 year cicadas emerges in some part of the eastern or central United States. In Spring 2021, a group of 17 year periodical cicadas called Brood X will make their appearance in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Author Laurence Pringle and illustrator Meryl Henderson have created the story of this fascinating and often misunderstood insect, one that deserves to be protected.
Download or read book The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Cicada written by Greg Roza and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common thought places cicadas as tree dwellers; these odd insects actually live most of their lives underground. This book details the bizarre life cycle of the cicada, including the deposit of hundreds of eggs on a tree branch and details of a species that can live 17 years. Fascinating fact boxes provide readers with more strange information, and fun graphic organizers aid understanding. Full-color photographs enhance easy-to-understand language and science content. Many species of cuckoo lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. After the young cuckoo hatches, it may eject the other babies from the nest so it can thrive.
Download or read book How Come written by Kathy Wollard and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact-filled, fun-filled, as interesting to parents as it is to kids, the How Come? series is the trusted source for lively, clear answers to kids’ science queries. Now the best questions and answers from all three books—How Come?; How Come? Planet Earth; and How Come? In the Neighborhood—have been revised, updated, freshly illustrated in full color, supplemented with twenty completely new questions, and combined into one bigger, better volume. How Come? explains, in fascinating detail, more than 200 mysteries and phenomena in the world around us. These are the questions that pique kids’ curiosity—and stump parents. When it rains, does running (rather than walking) to the nearest shelter really keep you any drier? How can a stone skip across a pond (instead of sink)? If the Earth is spinning, why can’t we feel it? Why don’t we fly off? Why do elephants have trunks? And the all-time classic, Why is the sky blue? (Sunlight has a hidden rainbow of colors, and air molecules scatter blues the most—sending bright blue light down to Earth.) The text is clearly written, engaging, and accessible. It’s for every kid who wants to know—and every grown-up who simply doesn’t know.
Download or read book Cicada Sing Song written by Densey Clyne and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of this noisy little insect.
Download or read book The Cicadas Hemiptera Cicadoidea Cicadidae of North America North of Mexico Second Edition written by Allen F. Sanborn and published by Entomological Society of America. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of the Thomas Say monograph The Cicadas of North America North of Mexico return with a revised and expanded edition of their bestselling work, presented in full color. The new edition includes 172 species and 22 subspecies of cicadas found in continental North America north of Mexico, representing 18 genera from eight tribes in three subfamilies within the family Cicadidae. The higher taxonomy is updated from the first edition, based on more recently proposed taxa. Information on the distribution of each species is now provided.
Download or read book Cicada s Song written by Ariane O'Pry Trammell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two little boys in the bayou are tucked in for the night when they hear the strange noise outside of a cicada calling out for a mate. Their mother tells them the story of the cicada's life cycle and how he goes about finding his love.
Download or read book The Cicada written by Ross E. Hutchins and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life cycle of the cicada, insects that spend many years beneath the ground in their nymphal stages.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Cicadoidea Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha written by Allen F. Sanborn and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third in a series of catalogs and bibliographies of the Cicadoidea covering 1981-2010. The work summarizes the cicada literature, providing a means for easy access to information previously published on a particular species or to allow researchers the ability to locate similar work that has been published on other species. A total of 2,591 references are included in the bibliography. The book is a source of biological and systematic information that could be used by zoologists, entomologists, individuals interested in crop protection, and students studying entomology as well as anyone interested in cicadas or who require specific information on the insects. Each genus/species is identified with the reference, the page number, any figures (if applicable), the topics covered by the reference, any synonymies, and any biogeographic information mentioned for the species in the individual reference. An added benefit to the catalog is that it is the first complete species list for the Cicadoidea, including all synonymies and new combinations through 2012. Provides nearly four times the number of references of the previous catalog, demonstrating the explosion of data since that time Contains all references found that mention a genus or species name in the work Includes more than 300 additional references that were not in the two previous works on this subject Features the first complete species list for the Cicadoidea, including all synonymies
Download or read book Cicada Cookbook written by Katy Lyons and published by Katy Lyons. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delicious Brood X Cicada Recipes Cicadas are large winged insects that emerge in large quantities on the eastern United States every seventeen years. This year, the swarm has been called Brood X and there will be 1.5 million cicadas per square acre along the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Many countries do not shy away from eating bugs such as India and many regions in Africa. Commonly eaten insects are caterpillars and crickets. With the coming swarm of cicadas, it is a good time to consider what tasty recipes can be made using this chirpy insect. Cicadas emerge every seventeen years to mate and reproduce. If you have never considered eating cicadas, this cookbook has many tasty recipes to try. They can be fried, sauteed, baked, grilled or put into soups. Some can call these tasty critters the shrimp of the earth. Try to catch the cicadas as they are just emerging from the ground. This is when they will taste the best. But regardless of whether you get newly emerged cicadas or not, definitely check out these recipes. Recipes Include: BBQ Cicadas Lemon Pepper Cicadas Orange Ginger Cicada Stir-Fry Blackened Cicadas Cicada Cookies Soft-Shelled Cicadas Shanghai Cicadas Cicada Tarragon Cicadas and Broccoli Fiery Pepper Cicadas Beer Batter Coconut Cicadas Honey Walnut Cicadas Creamy Pesto Cicada Grilled Cicada Scampi Cajun Crawfish and Cicada Etouffe Cicada and Asparagus Quiche Sausage & Cicada Jambalaya Buffalo Cicadas Crockpot Cicadas Cigarra Tacos Honey-Ginger Cicadas and Vegetable Thai Spicy Basil Cicada Fried Rice Panang Curry with Cicadas Crunchy Fried Cicadas Cheesy Cicadas and Grits Cicada Tetrazzini Garlic and Parmesan Cicadas Sweet and Sour Cicadas Tequila Sunrise Cicadas
Download or read book Cicadas written by Ann Squire and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.
Download or read book Cicada written by Mike Shoulders and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to cicadas. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
