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My Home:
I am found in North America and
throughout parts of the world. I spend most of my life underground as a
nymph. For the month I am an adult, I can be found on trees, plants,
fences, houses and almost anywhere.
What I
eat: As a nymph, I suck the sap from the roots
of trees. As an adult, I have piercing sucking mouthparts and drink the
juices from plant stems.
What I
look like: I have transparent
wings that can have many patterns or colors, red eyes with a black body
and will grow up to be about 3 inches long.
How I am
born: I go through three stages
of development: egg, nymph and adult. My egg is laid in tree branches
and when I hatch I fall to the ground. In my larval stage I am called a
nymph and I can live in the ground for many years. Some periodic broods
or nests of cicada larvae live in the ground for 17 years! I emerge
from the ground and attach myself to trees, plants, or structures until
I pop out of my skin and become an adult. As an adult, I only live from
2 weeks to 40 days.
Fun
Facts: You can hear the cicada song for up to 1/2 mile away.
They only sing during the daytime. The cicada makes the loudest sound
of any insect.
There are approximately
2,500 cicada species in the world.
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