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Cicadas are both fascinating and complex in their looks, their variety (more than 3,300 species worldwide ) and their life cycle—there are both annual and "periodic" types, which appear only in certain years, based on a biological cycle. Cicadas reside underground for anywhere from one to 17 years, feeding on roots, before emerging as nymphs that go on to shed their exoskeleton (as some of these photos show) and become adults (in many species they live no more than a month in that stage). Cicada Anatomy, Cicada Diagram, Cicada Photo, Cicada Scientific Illustration, 17 Year Cicada, Cicada Coming Out Of Shell, Insect Photos, Cicada Specimen, Cool Insects

Cicadas are both fascinating and complex in their looks, their variety (more than 3,300 species worldwide ) and their life cycle—there are both annual and "periodic" types, which appear only in certain years, based on a biological cycle. Cicadas reside underground for anywhere from one to 17 years, feeding on roots, before emerging as nymphs that go on to shed their exoskeleton (as some of these photos show) and become adults (in many species they live no more than a month in that stage).

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Usually when we talk about bugs or insects, we imagine something repulsive and gross, and even scary. Probably more than one of you even has a phobia and can’t stand those little critters. But it might surprise you that there are some bugs that have such interesting forms and colors that you entirely forget they are related to the cockroach living under your sink in your student dormitory.

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