Quotes by Louie Yang

“What we found was that these plants are actually taking up nitrogen that comes from cicadas.”

“These cicadas are everywhere, so everyone knows them. All the people on the street know your bug, and they often know the different species. The people I meet know a lot about the insects, and they often ask me really challenging questions about cicada biology.”

“I think these are pretty charming and mellow insects,”

“When you get thousands, or millions or billions of them together in one spot, it is a fantastic, deafening chorus.”

“I think these are pretty charming and mellow insects. They dont move very quickly, they dont sting or bite, and for the most part they are very easy to handle and to touch to observe in nature.”

“They are not very agile fliers, and they dont seem to be very skilled at avoiding predators, ”

“Even as dead bugs they are still influencing these forest ecosystems, ... Science.”

“They are not very agile fliers, and they dont seem to be very skilled at avoiding predators.”