Thopha saccata, commonly known as the double drummer, is the largest Australian species of
cicada and reputedly the loudest insect in the world. Documented by the Danish zoologist
Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803, it was the first described and named cicada native to Australia. Its common name comes from the large dark red-brown sac-like pockets that the adult male has on each side of its abdomen—the "double drums"—that are used to amplify the sound it produces. The adult double drummer is the largest Australian species of cicada. Broad-headed compared with other cicadas, the double drummer is mostly brown with a black pattern across the back of its
thorax, and has red-brown and black underparts. The sexes are similar in appearance, though the female lacks the male's
tymbals and sac-like covers. Found in
sclerophyll forest in
Queensland and
New South Wales, adult double drummers generally perch high in the branches of large
eucalypts. They emerge from the ground where they have spent several years as
nymphs from November until March, and live for another four to five weeks. They appear in great numbers in some years, yet are absent in others. (
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... that the four miles of
stacks aisles in
Harvard's 3.5-million-volume Widener Library are so
labyrinthine that one student felt she ought to carry "a compass, a sandwich, and a whistle" when entering?
Fifty-nine companies have been acquired by
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Emagic and its professional music software,
Logic Pro, in 2002. The acquisition led to the creation of the
digital audio workstation software
GarageBand, now part of the
iLife software suite. The company made its first acquisition on March 2, 1988 when it purchased Network Innovations. It has also made five
divestments, all in the 1990s, in which parts of the company were sold to another company. The company's largest acquisition was the purchase of
Beats Electronics in 2014 for
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Thopha saccata, commonly known as the double drummer, is the largest Australian species of
cicada and reputedly the loudest insect in the world. Documented by the Danish zoologist
Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803, it was the first described and named cicada native to Australia. Its common name comes from the large dark red-brown sac-like pockets that the adult male has on each side of its abdomen—the "double drums"—that are used to amplify the sound it produces. The adult double drummer is the largest Australian species of cicada. Broad-headed compared with other cicadas, the double drummer is mostly brown with a black pattern across the back of its
thorax, and has red-brown and black underparts. The sexes are similar in appearance, though the female lacks the male's
tymbals and sac-like covers. Found in
sclerophyll forest in
Queensland and
New South Wales, adult double drummers generally perch high in the branches of large
eucalypts. They emerge from the ground where they have spent several years as
nymphs from November until March, and live for another four to five weeks. They appear in great numbers in some years, yet are absent in others. (
Full article...)
... that the four miles of
stacks aisles in
Harvard's 3.5-million-volume Widener Library are so
labyrinthine that one student felt she ought to carry "a compass, a sandwich, and a whistle" when entering?
Fifty-nine companies have been acquired by
Apple Inc.(logo pictured), an American
multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and software products. Apple has also purchased a stake in two companies. Apple's business philosophy is to acquire small companies that can be easily integrated into existing company projects. For example, Apple acquired
Emagic and its professional music software,
Logic Pro, in 2002. The acquisition led to the creation of the
digital audio workstation software
GarageBand, now part of the
iLife software suite. The company made its first acquisition on March 2, 1988 when it purchased Network Innovations. It has also made five
divestments, all in the 1990s, in which parts of the company were sold to another company. The company's largest acquisition was the purchase of
Beats Electronics in 2014 for
US$3 billion. In 2013, Apple acquired thirteen companies, more than in any other single year thus far. Of the companies that Apple has acquired, 44 were based in the
United States. (Full list...)
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
4,531,245 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.