Did You Know?
Cicadas can sing very loud! Some can be as loud as a rock concert!
What They Look Like
Cicadas have big wings and big eyes.
Where They Live
Cicadas like to live in trees and plants.
What cicada Does
Cicadas sing to find a mate.
They lay eggs on tree branches.
They drink juice from plants.
They help plants by spreading seeds.
They are food for birds and other bugs.
They come out in the summer sun.
More About cicada
Cicadas have been around for a long time. They can live for many years. Some wait a long time to come out.
We hear cicadas in the summer. Their songs can be loud. They make the summer feel alive.
Some cicadas come out every 17 years! That is a long time to wait. When they come out, they make a big noise!
How Topics Connect
graph TD
A["Cicadas (Superfamily Cicadoidea)"] --> B["Order Hemiptera"]
A --> C["Suborder Auchenorrhyncha"]
C --> D["Families"]
D --> E["Tettigarctidae (2 species)"]
D --> F["Cicadidae (3,000+ species)"]
F --> G["Annual Cicadas"]
F --> H["Periodical Cicadas (Genus Magicicada)"]
What Do These Words Mean?
superfamily:A large group of related animals or plants.
Hemiptera:An order of insects that includes bugs, cicadas, and aphids.
suborder:A smaller group within an order of living things.
species:A group of living things that are similar and can breed together.
periodical:Something that happens at regular intervals.
