Cicadas
Requirements
1. What are the names of the cicada order and family?
2. Illustrate the cicada’s life cycle.
3. Where are the stridulatory apparatuses (sound organs) of cicadas located?
4. Where are the cicada’s ears located?
5. Answer the following questions:
- a. What language does the word “cicada” derive from?
- b. Where does the cicada spend most of its life?
- c. What are the cicada’s main predators while it lives underground?
- d. How long do cicadas live on average?
- e. What do cicadas feed on?
- f. What is the main reason for cicadas’ song?
- g. Is it correct to say that only the male cicada sings? Why?
6. How can cicadas cause damage to crops? What animal can help combat cicada nymphs?
7. Present photos of the following cicada species:
- a. Quesada gigas
- b. Neotibicen linnei
8. What is the relationship between the life of the cicada and the text of Psalm 150:6?
Answer key & resources
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