Cicada Hunt!

Cicada Word Search – Harder

This search uses 20 words from the Cicada Hunt! story
and More Finds page. The words are listed below the
word search and are in bold-faced type in a story farther
down this page. Some words are diagonal or backwards,
and many letters are shared.

B I N F L A T E R P V Q K M D
T Y F I N A D A C I C E N R Q
C L I M B O T Z R Q Y S A Y X
R V S T I N G E R S B Y I W E
A S T P M E M O R N I N G M C
W K R N L M B T D B B E B U S
L L E S U N D E R G R O U N D
L A E S N H F D G X C N R A O
B W R H B E E G I W W Y R G I
Z E E E O R D V H O E M O M F
I D I D U Y G S F I R P W K S
Y I L T D O P G U S T H G I N
W S P J Z S G R U J E S Z U I
U A D P A R A L Y Z E T Y G K
C X D W I N G S Z Z T Y U C S

BURROW       PARALYZE
CAPTURED     SHED
CICADA       SIDEWALKS
CLIMB        SKINS
CRAWL        STINGERS
HUNT         SUMMER
INFLATE      TREE
MORNING      UNDERGROUND
NIGHTS       WASPS
NYMPHS       WINGS


Cicada nymphs live underground for years. They burrow through the
soil, suck sap from tree roots, and slowly grow. Then, on warm summer
nights, they dig to the surface and leave their burrows. They crawl
across the ground, find trees, and climb to safety.

Ethan and Aaron hunt for the nymphs on sidewalks near their home.
They put captured nymphs in large plastic jars. Overnight the nymphs
shed their skins and adult cicadas emerge. Their wings inflate
with blood. The next morning, when the cicadas’ wings are dry and
stiff, the boys set them free.

Cicada killer wasps catch adult cicadas. They paralyze them with
their stingers and drag them down into their burrows. The worm-like
baby wasps will eat the cicadas.

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This page was created on February 21, 2001, and it was last updated on February 27, 2001.