Originally Posted By: Theo Gallus
If cicada had pupae. Their lifecycle is egg -> nymph -> adult, with the final nymph stage molting directly to adult.

Wikipedia Cicada


Learn something new every day... Should've known that! With the giant 17 year hatch we had around here back in 2004, they were everywhere and I do remember the nymphs crawling up trees, walls and buildings and cracking their shell and turning into adults.

Well, what do you think it is Theo?