Giant Brood of Billions of Insects Set to Emerge in US in Mass Synchronized Event
JOHN COOLEY & CHRIS SIMON, THE CONVERSATION
15 MARCH 2021
A big event in the insect world is approaching. Starting sometime in April or May, depending on latitude, one of the largest broods of 17-year cicadas will emerge from underground in a dozen states, from New York west to Illinois and south into northern Georgia. This group is known as Brood X, as in the Roman numeral for 10.
For about four weeks, wooded and suburban areas will ring with cicadas whistling and buzzing mating calls. After mating, each female will lay hundreds of eggs in pencil-sized tree branches.
ISLAMABAD: Two ordinances and 10 periodical reports of the standing committees were presented in the National Assembly on Monday. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan.
13 JANUARY 2021
Every eight years during fall, a plague of millipedes swarm train lines in mountainous Japan, earning them the nickname train millipedes .
Working together, these small beasties (around 3 cm or 1.18 inches long) - which play a large role cycling nitrogen in Japan s larch forests - have forced trains to come to a skidding halt.
Up until now, scientists weren t quite sure what was causing them to swarm with such peculiar regularity, but a 50-year research project has finally confirmed that the species -
P. l. a.) - exists on a rare eight-year life cycle.
This confirmation is incredibly exciting, as cicadas are the only other known periodical animals with lifespans this long.
Friday, 08 January 2021 - 16:13
Releasing a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that they will facilitate the repatriation without any financial burden on Sri Lankans.
Free of charge
Foreign Secretary Jayanath Colombage clarified that the role of the Missions is strictly confined to organizing repatriation flights for returnees who are tested on arrival, offered all logistical support, and are quarantined at Government facilities free of charge.
Explaining further, they stated the returnees are drawn from the list of overseas Sri Lankans registered in the Missions and Posts and repatriated depending on their vulnerability levels and on a “first come first serve basis“.
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The Malahat Review invites creative nonfiction writers to enter the Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize, for which one prize of
$CAN 1,000 is awarded. The contest is open to Canadian and international writers anywhere in the world, with a final deadline of 11:59pm (PDT) on 5 August 2020. All entries are judged anonymously, and the winning piece will be published in the magazine s winter issue #213. The Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize is awarded to the best work submitted to the magazine’s annual contest for a genre that embraces, but is not limited to, the personal essay, memoir, narrative nonfiction, social commentary, travel writing, historical accounts, and biography, all enhanced by such elements as description, dramatic scenes, dialogue, and characterization.