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the singing of the males starts and lasts for several weeks.

Adult cicadas do not feed on the trees, but the females cause damage to the plants when they lay their eggs. She places her saw-like egg tube into small branches and twigs that are about the diameter of a pencil. The egg laying causes a small wound and causes the twig to die.

Newly planted fruit and ornamental trees such as apple, dogwood, peach, hickory, cherry and pear are the most vulnerable for damage. The young plants have many small branches and twigs that attract the cicadas.

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