cicada

     

A cicaa is an insect of the order Homoptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the globe, and many remain unclassified. Cicadas live in temperate to tropical climates where they are among the most widely recognized of all insects, mainly due to their large size and remarkable acoustic talents. Cicadas are sometimes colloquially called "locusts", although they are unrelated to true locusts, which are a kind of grasshopper. They are also known as "jar flies". Cicadas are related to leafhoppers and spittlebugs. In parts of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States they are known as "dry flies" because of the dry shell they leave behind.

Trivia about cicada

  • Unlike the grasshopper, the 17-year "locust" is really one of these winged insects noted for their loud buzzing
  • It's the droning organism seen here:(locust relative)
  • Back in force since 2004, it has the longest developmental cycle of any insect, 17 years
  • Also called the 17-year locust, this loud insect reaches over 100 decibels
  • Like 1990, 2007 was a year when these noisy insects famously swarmed the Midwest
  • Seen & heard here, it's the loudest insect on the planet

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