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Sounds of Summer - Singing Insects
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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