The Dog-day Cicada is the familiar annual cicada of eastern North America, emerging each summer during the 'dog days' and producing an intense, whirring song from the treetops. Individual nymphs take 2–5 years to develop underground on tree roots but adults emerge every summer because generations are staggered. Males produce sound with drum-like tymbals in their abdomens.
Habitat
Deciduous and mixed forests and suburban trees
Diet
Nymphs: tree root sap. Adults: tree sap and little other feeding
How common
Common
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