The cicada’s deafening shriek is the sound of summer, and humans have been drawn to it for thousands of years – Phys.org

Around Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded species of cicada in Australia, almost no area of the country is untouched by their song. Up to 800 species in Australia are still to be scientifically recognized.
Cicadas, however, aren’t unique to Australia: the insects are found all over the world, though they’re most common in tropical regions.
As the world’s loudest insects, the ear-splitting call from the males is a love song to draw their mates…

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