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Cicadas.
This question is equivalent to asking what multiples of 13 and 17 are equal, and more specifically, what is the lowest multiple of 13 that equals a multiple of 17 or what is the lowest multiple of 17 that equals a multiple of 13. Since 13 and 17 are prime, they have no factors in common. This means that the lowest common multiple is equal to 13 x 17 = 221. Therefore, it will be 221 years before the 13 and 17 year cicadas appear together again.
how often would a 12 year cicada face its predator with a 2 year cycle?
Cicadas are the genus Hemiptera and are considered true insects. They appear on every continent except Antartica. They have been recorded in many cultures and compared to locusts. There is no identified place of origin.
Cicadas shed their skin and it looks like a brown thin skeleton. Cicadas make a funny noise that is often confused with grasshoppers.
A chorus of cicadas.
No, cicadas are not carnivorous. Both the larvae (nymphs) and adults feed on plant sap.
Suppose the cicadas come out every C years and a predator comes out every P years. Then the life cycles of the predator and the cicadas will coincide every LCM(C, P) years. The predator will want it to happen as often as possible while the cicadas want that to happen as seldom as possible. If C is co-prime with P then the cycles coincide after CP years - which is best for the cicada.Suppose the cicadas come out every C years and a predator comes out every P years. Then the life cycles of the predator and the cicadas will coincide every LCM(C, P) years. The predator will want it to happen as often as possible while the cicadas want that to happen as seldom as possible. If C is co-prime with P then the cycles coincide after CP years - which is best for the cicada.Suppose the cicadas come out every C years and a predator comes out every P years. Then the life cycles of the predator and the cicadas will coincide every LCM(C, P) years. The predator will want it to happen as often as possible while the cicadas want that to happen as seldom as possible. If C is co-prime with P then the cycles coincide after CP years - which is best for the cicada.Suppose the cicadas come out every C years and a predator comes out every P years. Then the life cycles of the predator and the cicadas will coincide every LCM(C, P) years. The predator will want it to happen as often as possible while the cicadas want that to happen as seldom as possible. If C is co-prime with P then the cycles coincide after CP years - which is best for the cicada.
Cicadas may be annoying to the people in the United States, but they are actually valued in the Japanese culture. They are basically the symbol of summer in Japan. You often see little children with nets trying to catch these insects during summers in Japan, and the "songs" of cicadas are even used in movies and TV programs to symbolize summer and heat.
No the horrific bug that is a cicada is infact not poisonous
There is no standard collective noun for cicadas. However, any noun that suits the context of the situation can function as a collective noun, for example, a chorus of cicadas, a clatter of cicadas, a din of cicadas, etc.