CICADA IN SPIDER'S WEB

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D752     Cicadas spend many years in the ground, and only emerge to mate and lay eggs before dying. For many, life beyond the relative safety of the soil proves to be a precarious existence, for they frequently become food for birds or, when trapped in webs strung among the forest, provide a feast for spiders.

 
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