Cicada Life Cycle

[RodrigoNAlvarezF]

once a Cicada dropped into my brother room's window and, as he got scared and cried out alleging it was a huge cockroach, I went there and took it with my hands. Its wings started twisting very strongly and I felt a superb sensation: how intense is nature. I took many pictures of it and I discovered hidden colours not easily noticed to naked eyes. Then I set it free really amazed.

[sunshine19967]

cicadas learning the pledge by climbing on the flag

[gospelkid1]

I hate them so I'm just looking for how they came

[thegotcode]

@gospelkid1 yeah for next 17 year. lol

[ALLERTORLOVER69]

i got to see the cicada transforming from nypmh to full grown or no wings to wings

[hmongboy9161]

I NEVER SEE THESE BUGS IN REAL LIFE!!!

[dalton35100]

interesting vid but couple sec later this is the truth i walked out and a cicada buzz righ in to my head and i rip it of and crushed that devil

[stuchly1]

poor thing... =/

[DJdude250]

today a cicada fell onto my deck and made a ****ing huge bang, it probably fell like 1000 feet

[rikiki]

Hmm, I still don't get why need to wait 13/17 years. Since the predator is 3/5 year cycle, how about other faster numbers like 7/8/11? How about those universal predators without any cycles? Ants?

[grungeguy83]

@rikiki becouse their are 20 broods, alot of broods overlap and their is an emergance somwere every 3 years around the eastern US. so the 3/5 year thing is kind of correct due to overlapping broods. plus their are 13 year broods. if they were shorter then the predaters would know them as a source of food. and a good ten percent of them are consumed

[Packspoet]

and also they get eaten here :D cause the local wild life are familiar with them :D

[Packspoet]

in australia they stay underground only 2 short years and we get them every year anyways. They say one of our species is amongst the noisiest insect in the world :D

[ItachiChang]

The cicadas are pretty amazing, interesting and smart! XD Awesome! 5/5!

[FlurpleBooProduction]

Yikes! its the mystery machine: 2:27

[KmAn372]

they do bite they drink your blood look it up it happened to me

[lcazor555]

o hai der kyle.

[KmAn372]

omfg stalker

[JohnIsUber247]

@KmAn372 Sorry, you are mistaken. Cicadas drink tree sap and other plant juices, not blood. One might try to suck your blood, but it doesnt have the proper body parts to pierce skin and suck your blood. Whatever book or internet website you read that on has false information.

[KmAn372]

@JohnIsUber247 internet it fucking happened to me!

[JohnIsUber247]

@KmAn372 Im sorry, but you have the wrong insect. There is no blood drinking cicada, though you may give me a URL so I may inform them of their mistake. You were bitten by something different, or you're just lieing altogether.

[chalicechiq]

@JohnIsUber247 I'll second you on that one. I lived through the 1986 emergence, and while it was a nightmare, I was never bitten by one of these bugs. They are completely harmless. Just ugly and terrifying.

[molinariandco]

the tornados and cigarras... yeahs

[ThroughWater]

Facinating bugs. Controll the sound of nature too much but i'm curious what are all of the predators that feed on the cicada? and also what does the cicada live on? great video btw

[summerfunrides]

love this video. saw then while in cades cove 2008 and yes they are loud. intersting

[pingpoboy]

my dad saw many cicadas when he is a kid in china

[pingpoboy]

what do cicada eat

[KmAn372]

they drink fluids to keep hydrated

[Evaseven]

these suckers seriously WAIT 17 years, a insect can live for up to 17 years, omg

[General1lol]

This is amazing!

[ttoale]

This video pissed me off, I felt like I was getting a history lesson in the culture of America more than I was learning about cicadas, it was annoying.

[pktheunbearable]

If you switched it on, you should be able to turn it off too.

They were conveying the timescales involved; if that offends you somehow, just turn it off.

[Kevster012]

No wonder I was only lucky enough to see 1 in my life. Man sucks it takes 17 yrs for 1 to develop. :(

[punji73]

that is totally amazing, i never knew this. i wonder if all cicadas around the world do this, cos we have cicadas here in australia every year!

[Gubby89]

They are loud.

[utoobdude86]

Amazing