cicada

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images & Videos

Cicada internal anatomy

Cicada external anatomy

How do cicadas inspire new forms of music?

How do cicadas know when to go aboveground?

Why do some cicadas appear every 17 years?

Cicada and shell

Periodical cicada

cicada: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos and Videos

Cicada internal anatomy

Cicada external anatomy

Cicada and shell

Periodical cicada

Magicicada; teneral cicada

How do cicadas inspire new forms of music?

How do cicadas know when to go aboveground?

Why do some cicadas appear every 17 years?

See All Videos and Images →

Topics

Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?Why are cicadas so noisy?entomophagy cicada-killer wasp homopteran short-horned grasshopper plant hopper

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024

Animal Factoids

Lion (panthera leo)

Deadliest Animals Quiz

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

Know Your Bugs Quiz

Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz