The first study of how African cicadas keep themselves warm enough to sing shows that they depend on muscle power much more than North and South American cicadas do.
FEEL THE BURN. One of the African Platypleura cicadas, a group that depends mostly on muscle power for warmth. Sanborn
When most Western Hemisphere cicadas get chilly, they move to a sunny spot and bask, explains Allen F.
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