Rare Insects: Cicada [Sound and Video]

Sony Handycam HDR-XR260V - Rare Insects: Cicada [Sound and Video]. Spring Cicada [South America]. Cicadas have an extremely long life cycle of 13 or 17 years... Aristotle, fond of eating cicada, described them with decisive brevity in his investigatory Historia Animalium. From this, we know that he was aware of their periodic lifecycle, their emergent resurrection from the earth, their progression to their winged form and song. Aristotle is attributed with seeding Grecian culture with cicada symbolism of resurrection and immortality; though it may be asserted that their liminal quality and propensity to incite awe pre-date Aristotle.