Walker's annual cicada
Megatibicen pronotalis
Walker's annual cicada is a cicada from the Great Plains in the middle of the United States. It lives in poplar and willow trees along rivers. It is famous for being incredibly loud.
Lives in
The northern Great Plains of the United States, in poplars and willows by rivers
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Cicadas do not sting, and they are not interested in people.
What does it eat?
Like other cicadas, it sucks sap from trees through its straw-like mouth.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Walker's annual cicada about 12 km/h (7.5 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is said to be one of the loudest insects in the world.
2
It is often found in cottonwood poplars and willows that grow beside rivers and streams.
3
Like other cicadas, only the males sing, to call the females.
you asked
Most asked questions about Walker's annual cicada
?Is Walker's annual cicada dangerous?
No. It does not sting and is harmless to people, it is just very loud.
?Where does Walker's annual cicada live?
In the northern Great Plains of the United States, in trees along rivers.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Megatibicen pronotalis
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Cicadidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Walker's cicada
Where the facts come from
- Megatibicen pronotalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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