Plodia interpunctella, better known as the Indian Meal Moth, is normally found where you store your grains. This means that it can move through tiny openings in plastic or cardboard packages in your pantry to feast on cereal, pet food, flour, cornmeal and other stored grains and dried fruit. It can also contaminate contents of […]
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17 little-known facts about the 17-year periodical cicadas
Updated May 11, 6:32 AM;
Posted May 11, 5:01 AM
Here’s something fun to try when the 17-year periodical cicada emergence begins in a few days. Snap your fingers.
“If you snap you fingers outside during the cicada onslaught, you may end up with male cicadas flocking onto you,” said Stuart McKamey, scientist with the USDA Systematic Entomology Lab.
He explained that male cicadas send a mating call to the female cicada by vibrating a drum-like organ at the base of its abdomen. In turn, the female will respond with a wing-flick that might sound like what we hear when we snap our fingers.