These are the 17 most interesting 17-year cicada facts (in my humble opinion). All these facts apply to 13 year cicadas as well. And always report periodical cicada sightings to Magicicada.org so cicada researchers can track them. Brood VI 17-year cicadas will emerge in 2017. 1  Names: People call these cicadas âlocustsâ but they are not true locusts â real locusts look like grasshoppers. The phrase â17 year cicadaâ indicates that they arrive every 17 years. 2  There are 13-year cicadas too: there are 13 year cicadas too! There are four species of 13-year cicadas: Magicicada tredecim, Magicicada neotredecim, Magicicada tredecassini, and Magicicada tredecula. Broods XIX, XXII and XXIII feature these cicadas. Hereâs a video that will help you identify the various species:
Glue is a sticky material (usually a liquid) that can stick two or more things together. Glue can be made from plant or animal parts, or it can be made from oil-based chemicals. The first glues may have been natural liquids that come out of trees when they are cut.
Kitchen trick: Transglutaminase enzyme, or 'meat glue', is a powder substance made from an animal blood clotting agent that connects small pieces of meat. Rancher Nigel Tudor told WVCB.com the white powder, or transglutaminase enzyme, is made by 'taking the clotting agents out of pigs' and cows' blood' and using it 'to clot together chunks of meat'.