Sounds of Summer - Singing Insects

Naturally Florida

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

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