AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 January 2013 | Views [666]
The Cicada is most probably the most iconic and common sight in Australia in the summertime, male Cicadas have loud noisemakers called 'tymbals' on the side of the abdominal base, which lets off a clicking type noise also fondly known 'down under' as the Cicada's Song. They live underground as nymphs for most of their lives before constructing an exit tunnel to the surface to emerge as adults, molting (shedding) their skin leaving behind an exoskeleton (shell) that commonly clings to bark and trees all over Australia.
