1. Flying insects threaten to deafen Japan.
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Cyranoski, David
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CICADA (Genus) , *NATURE study , *INSECT migration , *INSECT surveys , *INSECT populations , *FIBER optics industry , *TELECOMMUNICATION systems , *TELEPHONE companies - Abstract
The article reports that Cryptotympana facialis, a black cicada insect, threatens citizens and fiber-optic system in western Japan and other subtropical regions of eastern Asia. A survey conducted by Shigehiko Shiyake, curator of the Osaka Museum of Natural History, and Eiji Numata, a biologist at Osaka University, shows that the insect population increases every four years with nearly 2.5 times as many in 2006. Study also shows that these insects are mistakenly layed their eggs on fiber-optic cables as withered branches, however, telephone companies have responded by creating new cables with added protective plastic layer to the cable.
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- 2007
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