Cicadas feel the chill and have shut down, but they'll bounce back. [View all]

Temperatures in the Washington region Saturday afternoon, stuck between 50 and 55 degrees, are about as cold as they get at this time of year. Does this unseasonable weather endanger cicadas?

They’re certainly feeling the chill, but should be okay.

The insects have stopped chorusing, mating and flying. For the most part, they are clinging to trees motionless. On Saturday morning in Oakton, there was no cicada noise. On Thursday, it had surged to an almost deafening 89 decibels.

“The cold spell will certainly dampen activity, and there will be attrition,” Daniel Gruner, a professor of entomology at the University of Maryland, wrote in an email. “But they’ll hunker down and bounce back when it warms again.” >>>

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