Cicada Life Cycle Patch - Black - Insect, Bug Silkscreen Screenprint Image

These patches are silkscreened, by hand, on entirely recycled materials!

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HERE IS THE BIOLOGY SECTION:

There are more than 2,500 varieties of Cicadas living in the world. Large winged insects, they have also been called locusts or dry flies. They live in every continent except Antarctica.

All cicadas go through complex and lengthy life cycles. They are hatched in treetops. Small nymphs fall to the ground and burrow into the Earth. In depths reaching up to 9 feet, they live most of their lives, as small nymphs feeding on roots and plant matter. After as long as 17 years underground (some as short as 2 years), the insects emerge into the light. The nymph will perch on some sort of solid surface, before molting. Then, it breaks through it's old skin. A shiny, green, wing-ed creature emerges, leaving behind the shell of it's old beetle-like self. The adult cicada than spends the next days or weeks (depending on the species) in the outside world, with little time to mate and eat and sing, before the process the female lays treetop eggs and dies, beginning the process all over again...

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THIS IS THE PATCH INFO!

This is a Cicada patch! It is a simplified, visual version of the cicada life cycle.

Measuring 5.5 inches x 5 inches (14 cm x 13 cm) , our black image is printed on either:

a) heavy cotton jean material

b) heavy nylon canvas material (water repellent)

If you dont tell us which you want, we will choose for you!

As always, we do custom prints and colors and bulk orders.

Thanks! Enjoy!