Are emerging in a synchronized event that only happens in the us. and as the bbc s nada tawfik reports from the state of newjersey ? the great eastern brood is causing quite the buzz. it s a sight and sound that will make your skin crawl. billions of periodical cicadas emerging out of the earth and overtaking the eastern united states. the rare spectacle has americans in awe. it was deafening, really deafening. the grants have lived here for decades, and like clockwork, the brood x cicadas have arrived at the same time every 17 years to mate. it can get so loud that some of theirfriends have mistaken the male insects droning song for a police siren. because of my hearing disadvantages, i don t put my hearing aids when i come out in the garden. otherwise i get the whole sound magnified. the mass emergence and its timing is all part of a clever survival strategy
To the end of the week, something still pleasant but perhaps not as warm. if you don t like temperatures into the mid 20s, late in the week you will be heavy, but generally a good deal of dry and usable weather for all of us. good deal of dry and usable weather for all of us for all of us. usable! i like that objective. for all of us. usable! i like that objective, because for all of us. usable! i like that objective, because it for all of us. usable! i like that objective, because it hasn t i for all of us. usable! i like that l objective, because it hasn t been very usable, has it? thank you. billions of cicadas have emerged in the east of america after spending 17 years underground. the insects spend almost their entire lifecycle below it s ground, and as nada tawfik reports from the state of newjersey, it s causing quite the buzz. it isa it is a sight and sound that will make your skin crawl. williams of periodical cicadas emerging out of the earth and overtaking the eastern
To evade predators. then the metamorphosis from nymph to adult happens relatively quickly. so, here we have a fully grown female that s now ready to mate and lay her eggs. she ll only live 4 6 weeks, though, after being underground for 17 years. cos this is when they re most vulnerable, right here, - cos their body is so soft. it s a magical time for entomologist drjessica weir, whose16 year old daughter wasn t even alive the last time she saw these insects. the world was a very different place back then. george bush was president, and facebook was just launched. you know, a lot of people - for centuries have been calling these things locusts, i but they re the opposite of locusts cos they rel not actually a plague, they re not destroying crops. they re actually living their life completely i in exclusion of humans, i and they re great nutrition. i m going to put two on this one. yes, you heard that right, these critters are a culinary delicacy. cicadas are a flavour bomb. they have so
It was deafening, really deafening. the grants have lived here for decades, and like clockwork, the brood x cicadas have arrived at the same time every 17 years to mate. it can get so loud that some of theirfriends have mistaken the male insects droning song for a police siren. because of my hearing disadvantages, i don t put my hearing aids when i come out in the garden. otherwise i get the whole sound magnified. the mass emergence and its timing is all part of a clever survival strategy to evade predators. then the metamorphosis from nymph to adult happens relatively quickly. so, here we have a fully grown female that s now ready to mate and lay her eggs. she ll only live 4 6 weeks, though, after being underground for 17 years. cos this is when they re most vulnerable, right here, - cos their body is so soft. it s a magical time for entomologist drjessica weir, whose 16 year old daughter wasn t even alive the last time she saw these insects.
She ll only live 4 6 weeks, though, after being underground for 17 years. cos this is when they re most vulnerable, right here, - cos their body is so soft. it s a magical time for entomologist drjessica weir, whose16 year old daughter wasn t even alive the last time she saw these insects. the world was a very different place back then. george bush was president, and facebook was just launched. you know, a lot of people - for centuries have been calling these things locusts, i but they re the opposite of locusts cos they rel not actually a plague, they re not destroying crops. they re actually living their life completely i in exclusion of humans, i and they re great nutrition. i m going to put two on this one. yes, you heard that right, these critters are a culinary delicacy. cicadas are a flavour bomb. they have so much flavour and add a scent of umame to the dish. chefjoseph had been cooking with the star ingredient to encourage americans to reimagine bugs as a protein rich, sustain