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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
This year has been a bumper for our favourite six-legged screecher.
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Wildlife
The deafening soundtracks of Australia’s cicadas
The siren of summer is in full swing in Australia with the song of the cicada reverberating across backyards, parks and bushland.
Video
Time lapse: watch an entrancing video of a cicada shedding its crunchy shell
This time-lapse sequence shows the transformation of the emerald fairy cicada, from a nymph exoskeleton, through to its completed adult form.
Wildlife
Reader video: Cicada shedding
AG reader Ally Wilson spent hours capturing this footage of a cicada shedding its exoskeleton.
Wildlife
An illustrated guide to Australia’s cicadas
Music to your ears or a midsummer cacophony, the cicada’s song is inevitably short lived.
Wildlife
Cicadas: Rhythm of life
Music to your ears or a midsummer cacophony, the cicada’s song is inevitably short lived.