Stats

Lifespan

3-5 years

Size

Large

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

East Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This large black cicada dwells in the dense forests of East Asia. Its tymbal organs produce a rhythmic clicking sound that reaches eighty decibels.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadidae

Genus

Cryptotympana

Species

Cryptotympana atrata