What is a 17 year old locust? Detailed answer

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What is a 17 year old locust?

There is no such concept. What is called a 17 year old locust is actually a 17 year old cicada which is a very different insect.

True locusts are grasshoppers, and calling a cicada a locust is a mistake. The 17-year-old cicada is an unusual insect. She lives longer than other insects (with the exception of the royal termite). Its life cycle proceeds as follows: a chrysalis, a small cicada, hatches from an egg on the branches of a tree. Then it falls to the ground, digs into it and attaches itself to the roots of plants. They remain in this immobile position for 17 years! Then some secret instinct calls them into the light.

Cicadas crawl up tree trunks, their skin falls off, and a real cicada appears. For about five weeks they live a happy life in the sunlight. Male cicadas, and only they, are able to chirp, produce that metallic sound, which is called the "voice of the cicada." This sound is the call of the male to his girlfriend. Sound is produced by one of the most complex musical organs in nature. These are small, drum-like plates at the end of the torso, they constantly vibrate, set in motion by muscles that never seem to get tired. Five weeks pass and the cicada dies.

It takes 17 years of development for five happy weeks of life. The 17-year-old cicada (in the South it takes 13 years to develop) is found only in the United States. Although there are about a thousand species of cicadas in total, most of them live in the tropics.

Author: Likum A.

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