Cicada Hunt!

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Here are some word lists to get you started.
Highlight the words with your cursor, copy
them (CTRL-C on a PC), then paste them
into the appropriate box (CTRL-V on a PC).
We include easier, harder, and hardest words.

EASIER WORDS (from the Cicada Hunt! story):

CICADA CLIMBS CRAWLS NIGHT NYMPH SHEDS SKIN SUMMER TREE WINGS

Here's a story that uses these words:

   It’s a warm summer night. A cicada nymph digs out of the dirt.
   It crawls across the ground, finds a tree, and then climbs to
   safety. Then it sheds its skin, and its wings grow larger.

HARDER WORDS (includes words from the
More Finds page):

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

Here's a story that uses these words:

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.

HARDEST WORDS (includes words from the
Cicada Mysteries pages):

ANNUAL BEETLE HATCHED INJURY ISOPODS LARVA LOCUST MAGICICADA MICROSCOPE MYSTERIES NEIGHBORHOOD PARASITES PATTERNS PERIODICAL PRICKLY SANDALID SPECIES SPRINGTAIL TIBICEN TUNNELS

Are some of these words unfamiliar to you?
Then click on the word below to see it used in
a sentence. (You will have to use your
browser's BACK button to return to this
page):

ANNUAL BEETLE HATCHED INJURY ISOPODS LARVA LOCUST MAGICICADA MICROSCOPE MYSTERIES NEIGHBORHOOD PARASITES PATTERNS PERIODICAL PRICKLY SANDALID SPECIES SPRINGTAIL TIBICEN TUNNELS

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This page was created on February 27, 2001, and it was last updated on September 3, 2005.