Explaining Insects 🦋 on Instagram: "The cicada is a fascinating insect known for its loud summer calls, striking appearance, and unique life cycle. It spends most of its life underground as a nymph, feeding on plant roots—sometimes for many years—before emerging to the surface when it’s ready to mature. Once above ground, the cicada sheds its old skin, reveals new wings, and begins calling to attract a mate with a distinctive buzzing or clicking sound that can fill entire forests. Cicadas are g