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Fertilized female cicada deposits larvae eggs at the base of a tree. This begins the seventeen year gestation period.
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Nymph emerges from ground sometimes called "mud-tubes".
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Nymph sheds the exoskeleton and begins molting process.
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Female Cicadas locate the males by the male song. Only the males can produce a song.
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Female Cicada deposits eggs into small branches of trees and shrubs. The female uses her ovipositor to slice into the twig and deposit the eggs. Several dozen eggs can be deposited.
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Eggs begin hatching from twigs. The newly hatched ant-like nymphs fall to the ground where they burrow six inches underground to feed.
