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The cicada's deafening shriek is the sound of summer, and humans have been drawn to it for thousands of years

  • Written by Eliza Middleton, Invertebrate and behavioural ecology laboratory manager, University of Sydney
The cicada's deafening shriek is the sound of summer, and humans have been drawn to it for thousands of yearsShutterstock

Around Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded species of cicada in Australia, almost no area of the country is untouched by their song. Up to 800 species in Australia are still to be scientifically recognised.

Cicadas, however, aren’t unique to Australia: the insects are found...

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