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What comes to mind when you think of summer? Hot. Beaches. No school. What about singing insects? No? Perhaps not, but we’re sure you’ve heard the sounds of summer. Nobody sounds the alarm for summer weather like our native cicadas. Find out about them and more in today’s episode.
Learn more:
Common Grasshoppers in Florida - https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN010
Cicadas of Florida - https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bugs/cicadas.htm
Singing Insects of North America - https://orthsoc.org/sina/index.htm
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN132
How You Can Help:
Leave portions of your yard unmown
Reduce use of lawn chemicals
Be tolerant of chewed leaves
Sources for this Episode:
Singing Insects of North America - https://orthsoc.org/sina/index.htm
Songs of Insects – A Guide to the Voices of Crickets, Katydids & Cicadas - http://songsofinsects.com/
Singing Insects: Our Overlooked Outside Chorus - https://youtu.be/VBVzeV8sKXQ
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend who might enjoy learning about Florida's natural areas and the wild things that live here!
If you're active on iNaturalist, consider joining our iNaturalist project, Naturally Florida's Listener Observations, here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/naturally-florida-s-listener-observations
By Shannon Carnevale and Lara Milligan4.9
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What comes to mind when you think of summer? Hot. Beaches. No school. What about singing insects? No? Perhaps not, but we’re sure you’ve heard the sounds of summer. Nobody sounds the alarm for summer weather like our native cicadas. Find out about them and more in today’s episode.
Learn more:
Common Grasshoppers in Florida - https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN010
Cicadas of Florida - https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bugs/cicadas.htm
Singing Insects of North America - https://orthsoc.org/sina/index.htm
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN132
How You Can Help:
Leave portions of your yard unmown
Reduce use of lawn chemicals
Be tolerant of chewed leaves
Sources for this Episode:
Singing Insects of North America - https://orthsoc.org/sina/index.htm
Songs of Insects – A Guide to the Voices of Crickets, Katydids & Cicadas - http://songsofinsects.com/
Singing Insects: Our Overlooked Outside Chorus - https://youtu.be/VBVzeV8sKXQ
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend who might enjoy learning about Florida's natural areas and the wild things that live here!
If you're active on iNaturalist, consider joining our iNaturalist project, Naturally Florida's Listener Observations, here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/naturally-florida-s-listener-observations

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