Cicadas

Thanks for your great comments. Cicadas are very interesting. The male and female do make different noises. Only the male 'sings' by vibrating two drum like structures in his abdomen (called tymbals).  The females make a clicking sound to attract the males. We are having a great time learning lots of exciting facts. We have also learnt about their life cycle and what they eat.  We were fascinated to learn that cicadas have 5 eyes - 2 large compound eyes which they can see with and 3 small eyes which scientists think only detect light.