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Apache Cicada

Diceroprocta apache

About

A large green and brown cicada that sings loudly in the Sonoran Desert heat. Nymphs spend years underground feeding on root sap of desert trees.

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Did You Know?

It can sing at temperatures exceeding 46 degrees Celsius by using evaporative cooling through its body.