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Of the cicada there are two kinds; one, small in size, the first to come and
the last to disappear; the other, large, the singing one that comes last and first
disappears. Both in the small and the large species some are divided at the
waist, to wit, the singing ones, and some are undivided; and these latter have
no song. The large and singing cicada is by some designated the âchirperâ,
and the small cicada the âtettigoniumâ or cicadelle. And, by the way, such of
the tettigonia as are divided at the waist can sing just a little.
The cicada is not found where there are no trees; and this accounts for the
fact that in the district surrounding the city of Cyrene it is not found at all in
the plain country, but is found in great numbers in the neighbourhood of the
city, and especially where olive-trees are growing: for an olive grove is not
thickly shaded. And the cicada is not found in cold places, and consequently
is not found in any grove that keeps out the sunlight.
The large and the small cicada copulate alike, belly to belly. The male
discharges sperm into the female, as is the case with insects in general, and
the female cicada has a cleft generative organ; and it is the female into which
the male discharges the sperm.
They lay their eggs in fallow lands, boring a hole with the pointed organ
they carry in the rear, as do the locusts likewise; for the locust lays its eggs in
untilled lands, and this fact may account for their numbers in the territory
adjacent to the city of Cyrene. The cicadae also lay their eggs in the canes on
which husbandmen prop vines, perforating the canes; and also in the stalks of
the squill. This brood runs into the ground. And they are most numerous in
rainy weather. The grub, on attaining full size in the ground, becomes a
tettigometra (or nymph), and the creature is sweetest to the taste at this stage
before the husk is broken. When the summer solstice comes, the creature
issues from the husk at night-time, and in a moment, as the husk breaks, the
larva becomes the perfect cicada. creature, also, at once turns black in colour
and harder and larger, and takes to singing. In both species, the larger and the
smaller, it is the male that sings, and the female that is unvocal. At first, the
males are the sweeter eating; but, after copulation, the females, as they are
full then of white eggs.
If you make a sudden noise as they are flying overhead they let drop
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Table of contents
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156