Note 2 — Chapter V · THE CICADA: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGS
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The rule is for the support, no matter what it is, to be dead and quite dry. Nevertheless my notes record a few instances of eggs confided to stalks that are still alive, with green leaves and flowers in bloom. It is true that, in these highly exceptional cases, the stalk itself is of a pretty dry variety.2