{"id":20832,"date":"2018-03-02T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T20:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=20832"},"modified":"2018-03-05T08:16:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T13:16:40","slug":"research-makes-surprising-discovery-cicadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/research-makes-surprising-discovery-cicadas\/","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack of spring: Professor&#8217;s research makes surprising discovery about cicadas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" data-attachment-id=\"20834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/research-makes-surprising-discovery-cicadas\/beasley-cicada-project\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 50D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1421079521&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beasley cicada project\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Assistant Professor in Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, DeAnna Beasley, is among the authors of reently published research about cicadas and urbanization.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20834\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Beasley-cicada-project-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Professor in Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, DeAnna Beasley, is among the authors of recently published research about cicadas and urbanization. Photo submitted.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cicadas, their nostalgic hum that fills the warm evenings of spring and summer is just about as American as apple pie. In recently published research, UTC professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/biology-geology-environmental-science\/profiles\/faculty\/qqp255.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeAnna Beasley<\/a> and her colleagues got to know those symphonic (or annoying) performers and made some surprising discoveries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<h3>Read more<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ece3.3879\/full\">Read the full study, \u201cUrbanization disrupts latitude-size rule in 17 year cicadas,\u201d published in <em>Ecology and Evolution.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authors include DeAnna E Beasley, Clint A. Penick, Nana S. Boateng, Holly. L Menninger and Robert R. Dunn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Their cicada of study, scientifically known as the <em>Magicicada<\/em>, is a genus of periodical cicadas that emerges from the earth every 13 to 17 years. They spend their long lives underground and break free en masse, as a brood of anywhere from 30,000 to 3.5 million. Every time they emerge, these cicadas are entering a brand-new world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been fascinated by periodical cicadas for many years. These are among the longest-live insects on the planet; the adults we studied were 17 years old,&#8221; Beasley says.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of citizen scientists, researchers collected cicadas from North Carolina to Connecticut. They discovered that, in colder climates, the cicadas\u2019 size was noticeably different in urban environments.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have known that the further north and the colder the climate, the smaller the insect. The idea is that, in warmer areas, insects tend to be larger because they have more time and energy to grow. In the scientific community, this pattern is known as the \u201cconverse Bergmann\u2019s rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But up north, urban cicadas weren\u2019t following the norm.<\/p>\n<p>People of all ages\u2014including K-12 students participating in an online lesson titled <a href=\"http:\/\/studentsdiscover.org\/lesson\/urban-buzz-citizen-science-with-cicadas\/\">What\u2019s the Buzz: Citizen Science with Cicadas<\/a> sponsored by online educational website, Student Discover\u2014 collected dead cicadas and shipped them to Beasley. Researchers then got to work measuring the bugs\u2019 wings. Their focus wasn\u2019t just on size, but developmental stability, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo a way you can do that is you can measure differences in symmetry. Are they able to stick with the same plan and build an equal wing on each side?\u201d Beasley says.<\/p>\n<p>As measuring went on, patterns emerged. Most seemed pretty normal. In the South, urban cicadas weren\u2019t any different from their rural counterparts. But in the North, cicadas from urban areas were much larger than their rural counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Although their study didn\u2019t dig too deep into what was causing the differences, Beasley said she and her colleagues have a hunch or two. One is the \u201curban heat island\u201d effect. Pavement in cities absorbs heat and raises temperatures, potentially leading to the larger growth, she explains. Other factors could be resource availability.<\/p>\n<p>The differences in growth patterns open up conversations about how changing landscapes are impacting cicadas and other species.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two periodical cicada broods have gone extinct in the last century, including the Florida brood,\u201d Beasley said. \u201cAs the United States\u2019 East Coast becomes increasingly more urban, continued monitoring of urban cicadas will be important for understanding impacts on vulnerable populations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the help of citizen scientists, researchers collected cicadas from North Carolina to Connecticut. 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