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Brevisana brevis, an African Cicada is the world’s loudest insect

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You may want to grab some ear plugs, at a distance of 50 cm the African Cicada Brevisana brevis can produce a noise that is almost as loud as a road side drill, at around 107 decibels.  This recorded noisiness earned this African Cicada the record of being the world’s loudest insect!

African cicade

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