Here’s one way to silence cicadas. 😮 Large yellow-and-black wasps called cicada killers are active during the summer. They paralyze cicadas with their sting and then drag them to their nests for their larvae to eat. They’re rarely aggressive toward humans. Here’s more: https://bit.ly/CicadaKillerTx 📷 Mark Crowder | Texas Parks and Wildlife

169K views · 755 reactions | Here’s what you need to know about the historic cicada emergence happening right now! Two broods of cicadas are set to emerge at the same time, with the total number of cicadas in the billions or trillions. Let us know if you see any this summer! #Cicadas #Insects #Science | Museum of Science, Boston | Facebook