Periodical cicadas spend 13 or 17 years
A) feeding in tree twigs before emerging as adults.
B) feeding on tree roots before emerging as adults.
C) as adults before laying eggs.
D) in a resistant, resting egg before hatching as larvae.
E) None of the choices are correct.

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Periodical cicadas spend 13 or 17 years underground feeding on fluids from tree roots before emerging as adults.

Periodical Cicadas Spend 13 or 17 Years