SINGAPORE, July 5 -- More than 22,000 cicadas have been captured in Tampines Changkat since March through a large-scale trial using light traps, part of a coordinated effort to reduce noise and nuisance from the insects' seasonal emergence.

The Straits Times reported that the devices were deployed across 18 Housing Board blocks to attract newly moulted cicadas, drawing them away from homes and into traps. The initiative, led jointly by the People's Association, Tampines Town Council and the National Parks Board, concluded with "encouraging results", with residents noting quieter surroundings and fewer insects entering flats.

The task force studying the orange-winged cicada - a species whose annual swarms have troubled residents since 20...