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= Cicadas =

**__What are Cicadas?__**
Cicadas are bugs with red eyes and are pretty small. Some have blue eyes. That is pretty rare. Cicadas are usually 1 to 1.5 inches long. These bugs are called the living of the dead. Thats what most scientist call them. They call them that because cicadas live in the ground and every 2,13, or 17 years they un burrow and start to fly around only for enough time to mate and lay a couple eggs. When the babies are born but still in the egg then hatch and fall to the ground and start to burrow. Different cicadas are different colors. Cicadas are one of the loudest insects on EARTH. that is pretty loud if you know what I mean. That would be crazy at one of the cicada farms with millions of cicadas.



**__What do they do?__**
Cicadas fly in the air and can stick to everything. they have a high pitch scream or also called a buzz. Some scientists think that they burrow for 17 years because of predators, also the temperature gets to around 64 degrees then the temperature makes them come out. Cicadas dot have any teeth and no claws but are easy to scare your sister with. A part of a cicada is called rostrum or also like a beak but it looks more like a stinger. That is how they suck sap out of trees, but cicadas can not bite or sting and are harmless. that is how they suck sap out of trees. Cicadas have special ears that plug up almost when ever they make there noise so they dont go deaf.

**__Where do they live?__**
====Cicadas live all around the world and in some smaller places come every 2 years. sometimes it may be every 13 years. In north america they come every 17 years. Cicadas have 2 regular eyes and 3 at the top of there head. ====

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