{"id":13183,"date":"2025-09-13T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T06:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13183"},"modified":"2025-09-13T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:14:12","slug":"what-is-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cicadas Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists with the Botanical Survey of India (MoEF&amp;CC), Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore, said that resurgence of cicadas in Silent Valley is a telling sign of ecological upheaval.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cicadas<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cicadas are <\/span><b>hemipteran insects known for their loud<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, complex and species-specific acoustic signals or songs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cicada will have the best chance of survival if it can <\/span><b>emerge from the ground<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when its predators are lying dormant.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cicadas are insects that spend <\/span><b>most of their lives underground and emerge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the soil mainly to mate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Most cicadas are <\/span><b>canopy dwellers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are found in <\/span><b>natural forests with large trees.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Types:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Scientists divide the over 3,000 cicada species into two groups: annual and periodical.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Annual cicadas:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They emerge from the ground at different times each summer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re usually dark with greenish markings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These insects <\/span><b>avoid predators by camouflaging<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> themselves in the trees and flying from hungry birds and moles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Periodical cicadas:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Only seven species of cicadas are in the periodical cicadas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These bugs all emerge from the ground at the same time(Summer).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These groups appear after a <\/span><b>dormant period of either 13 or 17 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ecological Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They prune <\/span><b>mature trees, aerate the soil, and once they die<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, their bodies serve as an important source of nitrogen for growing trees.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/cicadas-are-back-in-keralas-silent-valley-this-might-be-a-symbol-of-recovery-or-a-warning-sign-of-disruption-say-experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cicadas are hemipteran insects known for their loud, complex and species-specific acoustic signals or songs. 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