What do cicadas eat?

Question

What do cicadas eat?

Answer 1

Adult Cicadas don't eat. The larva live underground and eat tree roots and sap that they suck from the roots .

Answer 2

Most cicadas subsist solely on the fluids of a living deciduous tree (trees that lose their leaves in the fall). Magicicada adults live off the fat stored in their bodies but they are capable of sucking fluids from trees. As larvae and nymphs they suck tree fluids from the roots of deciduous trees. If you capture a cicada, giving the creature a broken branch to suck on probably won't nourish it. You best bet is to take a picture or some video and then release it.

Answer 3

What do cicadas eat?

Periodical cicada nymphs suckle on tree roots during their 13 or 17 years underground. Once they emerge, the adults can also tap into the tree to suck down its fluid, says naturalist John Zyla. But they're generally more concerned with looking for a mate than eating, he adds.

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Answer 4

I'm pretty sure they eat crops like locusts.