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Wikipedia: Cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs)
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Planeta.com is updating our guide to cicadas in preparation for the periodical cicada emergence of Brood X this year in the USA. This insect is found around the world. We would like to translate the popular names around the world. Bonus points for Indigenous languages.
Translating: Cicadas
Spanish: Cigarras
Chicharra (México)
Ayöök, Santa María Ocotepec, Xikitiw (pronounced ‘chik-a-tib’)
Chinanteco, San Felipe Usila: Asii kii
Zapotec, Teotitlán del Valle, Xiku gubidx (translates as ‘the sun’s pet or ‘mascota del sol’)
Headlines
FDA says to avoid eating cicadas ‘if you’re allergic to seafood’
What the cicadas will leave behind
Where billions of cicadas will emerge this spring (and over the next decade), in one map
Elsewhere
cicadasafari.org
Recommended Listening
Radiolab
Cicadamania
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