children’s story destroying cicadas’ reputation.
What is your impression of cicadas? Probably a musician who only knows how to have fun instead of working hard to be alive, like the ants. That is perhaps because the writer of the cicada and ant story lacked knowledge.
So, basically, the story is about cicadas singing and laughing at ants during the summer instead of working hard to survive the winter. As a result, when winter arrives, cicadas must come to ask for the help of the ants. That impression of cicadas is very wrong. When winter comes, professional pet keeper Mary Allen, who also writes informative essays on animal habits, said, “They enter a state of hibernation, also known as diapause, which is a common way of surviving the winters.” The cicadas don’t exactly need to worry for winter because the common practice of hibernation shield them from the harsh winter.
So, why is it such a big problem? It is a problem because, in the story, ants are usually the good, and cicadas are the opposite example. However, during summer, when cicadas drill holes in the tree to get water, which spread all over the place, inviting many insects. Ants are a normal guest to this drink; that means ants reap the benefits of cicadas’ hard work.
The next interaction about ants and cicadas are mind-blowing if you only see ants in fairy tales. Cicadas’ voice is for mating when they are done, they die. When ants see a dying cicada, they would start splitting it with their saliva, which has acid in it, and store their body as food. A worse thing about ants is that some cicadas are still alive during this process. I’ve learned everything from The Records about Insects ˆby Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre. The book is very informative, and the author has added his sense of humor.
So don’t trust your first impression; reality can be a lot different from what you have learned in the world as a child. Another example: the face of a butterfly under its wings It is not much better than the face of flies.