...the cicadas were already loud and shrill at 8:00 this morning. I just read that the hotter the day, the louder the male cicadas screech. Their noise can reach a level of 100 decibels.
Three Good Things:
1. Plenty to do inside on a hot first day of August
2. One day closer to autumn
3. I have my menus planned for the two weeks the soup kitchen head chef is off to Colorado
Is it the cicadas rubbing their back legs that make the noise Peggy…we are just having a discussion about them. Never gets hot enough here to have cicadas making noises…in fact I don’t think we have them here at all. The sound of summer though.
@happypat I think it’s crickets that make noise by rubbing their legs. Male cicadas have sound boxes in their abdomens and make their sound by expanding and contracting a membrane called a tymbal. They use their sound to attract females. It really is the sound of summer…especially a hot summer. 😅
Quite amazing! I’d love a bit of hot - had hardly any deckchair days this summer. So much rain. Monica in DC says their cicadas have been followed by oak mites which seems like a bad thing!
August 2nd, 2021
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