Harlequin

is named after the comic servants, and their emblem features a jester. When the eggs hatch, the newborn nymphs drop to the ground, where they burrow and start another cycle. The famous West London rugby club Harlequins F.C. She may do so repeatedly, until she has laid several hundred eggs. Arlecchino is also the name of an opera by Ferruccio Busoni; see Arlecchino (opera). After mating, the female cuts slits into the bark of a twig and deposits her eggs there. In Goldoni and in Gozzi, Arlecchino is sometimes called Truffaldino; other names: Traccagnino, Bagattino, Tabarrino, Tortellino, Naccherino, Gradelino, Mezzettino, Polpettino, Nespolino, Bertoldino, Fagiuolino, Trappolino, Zaccagnino, Trivellino, Passerino, Bagolino, Temellino, Fagottino, Pedrolino, Fritellino, Tabacchino. Only the males have tymbals and "sing" to attract females.

In another hypothesis it comes from Harlay, an English gentleman of the court of Henri III, who had protected an Italian actor. When they molt, they shed their skins, and the abandonded skins can often be found left on trees, still clinging to the bark. Others say it could come from Harlenkoenig, a Scandinavian hero. On a nearby plant, they molt one last time and emerge as an adult. The origins of the name are uncertain: some say it comes from Dante's Commedia (Inferno, XXI, 118) where one of the devils is called Alichino. In the final nymphal instar, they construct an exit tunnel to the surface and emerge. Arlecchino often had a love interest in the person of Columbina, and his lust for her was only superseded by his desire for food or fear of his master. The nymphs feed on root juices and have strong front legs for digging.

He is typically cast as the servant of an innamorato or vecchio much to the detriment of his master's plans. Most of this time, the animals spend underground as nymphs at depths ranging from about 30 cm (1 ft) up to 2.5 m (about 8½ ft). One of most famous actors was Visentini (17th century). the Magicicada goes through a 13- or even 17-year life cycle. Various troupes and actors would alter his behavior to suit style, personal preferences, or even the particular scenario being performed. Some species have much longer life cycles, e.g. Within these restrictions the character was terribly elastic. Most cicadas go through a life cycle that lasts between two to five years.

The character would never simply perform an action when the addition of a cartwheel or backflip would spice up the movement. The fact that only males produce the cicadas' distinctive sound prompted Xenophon to remark "Blessed are the cicadas, for they have voiceless wives.". While generally depicted as quite stupid and greedy (in a gastronomic sense) his acrobatics were what an audience expected to see. (This amazing sound has frequently inspired haiku poets in Japan to write about them.) They modulate their noise by wiggling their abdomens toward and away from the tree that they are on. The primary aspect of Arlecchino was his physical agility. Some cicadas produce sounds louder than 100 dB. His mask was black with a large red blemish on his forehead similar to a boil. Their "singing" is actually a kind of stridulation: they vibrate these membranes with strong muscles; their body serves as a resonance body greatly amplifying the sound.

Arlecchino traditionally wore an outfit of patches and rags which evolved into the lozenge-shaped motley seen today. Male cicadas have loud noisemakers called "tymbals" on their sides. Harlequin (Arlecchino in Italian, Arlequin in French) is the most popular of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell'Arte. Cicadas are also one of the only insects known to cool themselves by sweating. Cicadas have prominent eyes set wide apart on the sides of the head, short antennae protruding between or in front of the eyes, and membranous front wings. the Pomponia imperatoria from Malaysia.

Adult cicadas, sometimes called imagines, are usually between 2 and 5 cm (1 to 2 inches) long, although there are some tropical species that reach 15 cm (6 in), e.g. 38 species from 5 genera populate New Zealand, and all of the species are endemic to New Zealand and the surrounding islands (Norfolk Island, New Caledonia). Another American species is the Apache Cicada (Diceroprocta apache). These periodical cicadas have an extremely long life cycle of 13 or 17 years and emerge in large numbers.

The best-known North-American genus is Magicicada, however. Most of the North American species are in the genus Tibicen—the annual or dog-day cicadas (named after the "Dog Days" because they emerge in late July and August). There are some 200 species in 38 genera in Australia, about 100 in the Palaearctic and exactly one species in England, the New Forest Cicada (Melampsalta montana), which is widely distributed throughout Europe, where about 2,000 species are known (some 600 in Germany alone). The largest cicadas are in the genera Pomponia and Tacua.

There are many thousands of species of cicadas. . Cicadas live in temperate to tropical climates. A cicada is any of several insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Homoptera, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.