Stats

Lifespan

2-5 years

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

Proretinata floridula, the "gray-white striped cicada", is a cicada native to the tropical forests of southern China. These cicadas can live up to 17 years in the ground before emerging in a spectacular display of synchronized mass emergences, which can last for weeks.

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

Proretinata

Species

Proretinata floridula