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Cicada
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Cicadidae family )
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CICADA FACTS
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Description
Cicadas are stocky green or brown bugs with broad heads and large wings. The males have a sound producing organ that makes the familiar loud resonating calls heard on summer nights. Each species has a different "song".
Size
20mm - 40mm
Food
adults feed on tree sap, larvae feed on root sap
Breeding
Females lay their eggs on tree branches by cutting slits in branches with their ovipositor and laying the eggs inside. The larvae fall to the ground when they hatch and burrow into the soil, where they live underground feeding on root sap for several years. They emerge in summer and climb up a tree where they moult into winged adults. The empty shells are left on tree trunks, plant stems or fence posts.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Hemiptera | | Family: | Cicadidae | | Genus: | Cicadidae family | | Species: | | | Common Name: | Cicada |
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