![]() The meadow froghopper can jump up to 27.5 inch (70 cm) high. Mostly it sounds a bit like a broken power supply line. The chirping of African singing cicadas can reach up to 106.7 decibel and can be heard at distances of several hundred kilometers. The smallest cicadas include the leafhoppers and the delphacidae with a body length of just 0.07 inch (2 mm).Ĭicada - Photo: boyphare/Shutterstock Senses and Abilities The Cicada Is the Loudest Insect Thus, it is the largest cicada of the world. The body of the Empress cicada is 2.7-4.3 inch (7-11 cm) long and has a wingspan of 7-7.8 inch (18-20 cm). Anatomy and Appearance The Biggest Cicada Cicadas such as the meadow froghopper also live in Europe, but the chirping singing cicadas can only be found in Africa. There it is simply too cold for them and they do not find any food. They do it to attract females or to point out the borders of their territories.Ĭicada - Photo: Elliotte Rusty Harold/Shutterstock Habitat Where Do Cicadas Live?īasically everywhere in the world except in the Arctics and Antarctic regions. Very useful! Behavior Why Do Cicadas Sing? They simply stick their proboscis into a plant like a straw and “drink” from it. Diet What Do Cicadas Eat?Ĭicadas feed on the sap of plants. There exist more than 45,000 cicada species and they greatly vary in their physical appearance – for instance beautiful and multicolored cicadellinae, treehoppers with their knobbly pronotum and loudly chirping singing cicadas.
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