![]() ![]() Nymphs use their piercing mouthparts to puncture the roots and suck up the fluids located in the plant’s xylem. Nymphs do not feed on plant leaves or stems instead they feed on plant roots and usually do not cause noticeable damage to the plant. ![]() Preferred hosts for cicadas include trees such as oaks, maples, willows and ash species, but cicadas are very opportunistic feeders that will likely be attracted to whatever large plant is nearby the nymphs underground habitat. AdultsĪs adults they feed on plant fluids from the young twigs of trees and woody shrubs.Ĭontrary 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. Cicadas go through three life cycle developmental stages – egg, nymph and adult. So, what do cicadas eat? The answer to this question depends upon the cicada’s development stage. Unlike locusts, cicadas usually do not heavily feed on plant leaves. ![]() CicadasĬicadas have piercing/sucking mouthparts (similar to a mosquito) they use to obtain their nourishment from below ground roots and young twigs. Locusts have chewing mouthparts that enable them to chew and consume almost all or any part of a plant that is above ground. While locusts look like grasshoppers and are ravenous consumers of plants, cicadas are much different in the amounts and parts of plants they feed upon. It is important to differentiate cicadas from locusts since they are two very different groups of insects. ![]()
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