Have you ever wanted to ask Cicadas why they’re so loud, but thought it would be Brood 2 ask? Biologist Kelly Rypkema ventures into the thick of the 2013 appearance of Periodical Cicadas to answer the questions of why, who, and what body parts they use when they raise the roof after taking to the trees.
Special thanks to the Staten Island Museum. See their special exhibit “They’re Baaack! Return of the 17-year Cicadas” on display through Spring 2014.
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Love this, Kelly!
Thanks Melissa! I’d like to head back to Staten Island soon to see if I could possibly witness all the little larvae hatching out of the tree branches and falling to the ground. Wouldn’t that be kind of cool (and I acknowledge a little weird, but cool wins out) to see it raining baby cicadas?
Kelly! Every time I see one of your Nature in a New York Minute videos I smile and learn something simultaneously!