Will cicadas hurt my car?

Question

i found a cicada on my tire this morning. i read that they suck. so if they're strong enough to pierce through a tree can they do that to my tire? it was only one i found.

Answer 1

As adults they feed on the sap of trees at the tips of the branches where the limbs are tender and new.  Their proboscis does not have enough strength to pierce the rubber of your tire.

They are harmless to humans and are natures natural pruners.  

After the females lay their eggs in the branch tips the new larvae fall to the ground and dig down to the roots where they attach themselves and live off the root sap.  This is harmless to the trees.  Some Cicada nymphs can stay underground for up to 17 years.  Then, all at once, they dig to the surface, climb up the tree trunk, and hold on while their back skin cracks open and out crawls an adult Cicada.  In some places in the summertime, the air is filled with their chirping.  Some species get quit large in the tropics.

Answer 2

I dont understand why a cicada would even WANT to pop a tire (or even has enough strength to). Tires give them no source of sustenance and smell like chemicals. Unless the cicada has a grudge against you and decides to take it out on your car :P

Answer 3

no i don't think it will

Answer 4

no, it's probably the shell. Just flick it off.  It probably thought it was  just a safe place to shed.

Answer 5

Thta's odd, especially since cicadas are usually distant bugs....they don't like to be near or around anything unfamiliar. Maybe it was confused, or possibly looking for a place to shed its skin. Maybe there was something on your tire that attracted it. Or maybe it was just a weird cicada that likes rubber instead of trees?

Keep an eye on it. But I definitely don't think it has the strength to pop your tire or even let air out of it for that matter. It would have to be one big cicada to flatten a tire.  

Answer 6

They won't bother your car, Your car is of little interest to them. There is no tree sap in your car tires