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segment. "About eight or ten days later the sexes begin to 

 mate, and in about four or five days more the females commence 



FIG. 405. Typical cicada injury. Photo by W. E. Rumsey 



to deposit eggs. Each female is said to deposit from three to 

 five hundred eggs in numerous ragged punctures made by her 



m, 



FIG. 406. Emergence of cicada. 



powerful ovipositor in the twigs of shrubs and trees, and some- 

 times in the stems of herbaceous plants. These hatch in about 



