Most ticks have a lifespan of 2 to 5 years.Only a few ticks have a longer life cycle like the Magicicada, which lasts up to 17 years.The larvae of the mites usually live in the soil with a depth of about 30cm to 2.5m and account for most of their life.The cicada's lifespan is very short, lasting only about 40-60 days.This means that the "childhood" of cicadas can last from a few years to 17 years, all buried in the soil and make friends with worms and crickets.
When the larval period ends, the cicada digs a tunnel and crawls to the surface.They then crawled up the trunk and molted into cicadas.The only task of adult cicadas is to find ways to mate to maintain the breed before death.
The cicadas were named mathematicians in the insect world.North American cicadas have a 17-year mating cycle, not at the same time as any other creature on Earth.This helps them not to be prey to enemies because no predators can get used to that cycle to eat them.
Cicadas also know how to change lizard-like "clothes".The red-bellied Huechys sanguinea welcomes the day with a pair of white wings and red body.As the sun rises, their bright red bodies turn red and black and their white wings turn into pure black in just a few minutes.
The cicada's wings possess a matrix of nano-sized blunt spines that can kill all bacteria that attach to it even when it dies.
Cicadas are a great source of protein for humans.The protein content in cicadas is 3.5 times higher than in beef and 6 times higher than in carp.
The cry of African cicadas has a sound intensity of 120bB at close range, higher than the music in the dance hall, about 100dB.