Collection of 600 cicada specimens sees pupils setting first-of-its-kind record

Cicadas pinned to a setting board by the pupils.

FOR Year Six pupils of SJK(C) Yuk Chai in Petaling Jaya, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter the Malaysia Book of Records for collecting the most cicada specimens in a single event.

In just under two hours, 600 students mounted and collected 600 cicada specimens in the first attempt of its kind.