Cicada and its Interesting Features

In fairy tales and cartoons, especially the cicadas, which are called laziness, have very interesting features. These insects are known to everyone by their crowing.

In insect species, it is usually males that chirp. The reason for crowing is known to invite females to mate, although it is not entirely certain. Male cicadas buzz in a humming sound as the abdominal membranes vibrate. This buzz is very similar to locusts, but these insects are not related to locusts. However, cicada and grasshoppers are constantly confused. However, cicadas have two pairs of wings that are transparent like a membrane. With this feature, these insects are more like night butterflies.

There is a very wrong opinion in the society about cicadas. This is because these insects are quite lazy. The reason for this is the story “The Ant and the Cicada” translated by Orhan Veli Kanık from Lafonten. This story is a very familiar one, and the cicada strikes the reeds and lies next to it. So does not work is lazy. Here, however, there is a confusion. It is not the cicada that is told in the story, but the green grasshopper. So much so that the life span of cicadas is only a few weeks. That period is the month of August when they got their name.

Another interesting piece of information about this insect species is that there are 2000 species of cicadas on earth. This number represents an enormous number for an insect species. Female beetles of the species make small slits in thin branches and lay eggs in these slits. When the eggs are broken, the offspring come out and fall to the ground and buried in the ground. And they can stay under the ground for years by sucking sap from tree roots. The word for these years refers to 17 years for some cicada species living in America.

These insects, which can survive under the ground for years, do not have wings under the ground. The winging process takes place very suddenly and thousands of cicadas emerge from the earth in an instant. Here they can only survive for a few weeks. For this reason, it can be said that the main habitat of these insects is in the soil. Most of these insects that fly to the earth and become food for other animals. Those who manage to get rid of being bait come together and sing in a chorus with high-pitched voices.

These insects have the ability to kill all day. The interesting point is that these sounds do not come out of the mouth, so they can also eat while sang. Male insects have a vocal organ on their sides and tail. This organ looks like a drum. The resulting sound, on the other hand, occurs through vibration with the movement of the muscles.