This process is called sublimation. The opposite (deposition) is where a gas turns directly into a solid. Sublimation occurs if the pressure and temperature are right for the specific substance, so that the solid phase in a phase diagram borders the gas phase.
Most cicadas go through a life cycle that lasts from two to five years. Some species have much longer life cycles, such as the North American genus, Magicicada, which has a number of distinct broods that go through either a 17-year or, in some parts of the world, a 13-year life cycle.
addenda to quoted lifespan. Submitted by Michael M on July 7, 2015 - 11:59am. Wild female Orcas live as long as 90+ to 100 years, while males seem to have shorter lifespans, in the range of 50 to 60 years. It is, however, commoner for each sex to live in the wild about one-half as long as the maximum so far established.