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Insects and Kin


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submitted by Museum Administration on 11.10.2003

Cicada

Cicada
Copyright (2003) Kythera Museum Of Natural History

On Kythera, the song of summer is the cicada’s constant buzz, perfectly captured in its Greek name, “tzitziki”. The sound is made only by the males.

Dried cicada, 4.5 cm. Photograph © James Prineas, 2003

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