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Cicadology (CICADAS) with Gene Kritsky

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Cicada Behavior and Communication during Mating

This chapter discusses the behavior and communication of cicadas during mating. It explains how male cicadas gather in large numbers in trees to create a chorus of calls, known as chorusing centers. The females then fly in and respond to specific types of calls made by the males. The chapter also mentions how males can steal the attention of a female by interrupting the call of another male.

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