
Here is an elderly Black Prince (Psaltoda plaga) found in our permaculture garden as he was lying in his death roes.
“Cicada facts:
- Only male cicadas sing. They do this in an attempt to find a mate.
- Different species have different songs to attract only their own kind.
- Adult cicadas have short lives, usually only a few weeks.
- Most of their lives are spent as nymphs underground. For some species this can be up to several years.
- Cicadas feed only on plant sap using their piercing, sucking mouthparts.
- Cicadas feed on a huge range of plants, including eucalypts and grasses.
- Birds, bats, spiders, wasps, ants, mantids and tree crickets all prey on cicadas.”
– See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Cicadas-Superfamily-Cicadoidea/#sthash.6IB0uCTI.dpuf