As adults they feed on plant fluids from the young twigs of trees and woody shrubs.
Contrary to popular opinion, adult cicadas do not cause serious plant damage from their feeding activities, but do damage plants as the result of their behavior of cutting small slits in the plant they use for places to deposit their eggs.
As adults they feed on plant fluids from the young twigs of trees and woody shrubs.
Contrary to popular opinion, adult cicadas do not cause serious plant damage from their feeding activities, but do damage plants as the result of their behavior of cutting small slits in the plant they use for places to deposit their eggs.
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