Birds destroy many cicadas. Where cicadas are numerous and birds rather few, as in dense woods, cicadas are not materially reduced. Where the situation is reversed, as in small, open groves, or near houses, cicadas may be greatly reduced by birds.
Insects and mites attack cicada eggs, and a fungus disease kills some adults.
Prepared by Entomology Research Division,
Agricultural Research Service
Washington, D.C.
Issued May 1953
Slightly revised May 1960
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Transcriber Notes
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