Insect Life Cycle: The Periodical Cicada (Second Edition)

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Details the life cycle of the periodical cicada, stressing its unique survival techniques. Traces the cycle from egg laying, through the long years underground and the emergence from the nymph stage, to the mating of the mature adult. Uses time-lapse photography to show the nymph emerging from its skin, hardening, darkening, and developing the wings of a mature adult.

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